Bolivian Ram Journal

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

Snoopy has always been front and center, watching me, but now that I’ve added more shrimp to the tank, she’s been going to the back. This is Shrimp City, and it’s Snoopy’s new hangout spot. It has a little green log cave for them and some cholla and catappa. Snoopy seems to be entertained by them and has had ample opportunity to get one, but she just casually does her sand sifting. She has been staring at the sponge filter back there for periods of time, and I wonder if there could be shrimplets. Those she would probably eat.

 

Edited May 7, 2023 by Chick-In-Of-TheSea

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

Snoopy wished to participate in this photo..and even struck a pose! I think her colors look best with the light on this sunrise mode.

 

[The endler guy]

On 5/6/2023 at 9:32 PM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said:

Snoopy has always been front and center, watching me, but now that I’ve added more shrimp to the tank, she’s been going to the back. This is Shrimp City, and it’s Snoopy’s new hangout spot. It has a little green log cave for them and some cholla and catappa. Snoopy seems to be entertained by them and has had ample opportunity to get one, but she just casually does her sand sifting. She has been staring at the sponge filter back there for periods of time, and I wonder if there could be shrimplets. Those she would probably eat.

 

It’s interesting, spooky when I first introduced him he’s decimated my cherry shrimp population (from a huge strong colony to one left) but as of recently the final cherry shrimp is moving around in the open, and a ghost shrimp will walk right in front of him and he doesn’t care. He also has a fine appetite, sand sifting and eating foods, he is fairly colored up and looks fine

Have you noticed snoopy acting strangely 

my little guy as of recent had been doing a behavior that is like a slow flashing behavior, he will go down on the substrate and do flash almost in slow motion, he also will swim around erratically twitching his pectoral fins 

 

otherwise he seems fine, colored up eating and otherwise looks fine

[The endler guy]

On 5/7/2023 at 8:22 AM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said:

Snoopy wished to participate in this photo..and even struck a pose! I think her colors look best with the light on this sunrise mode.

 

What light do you use?

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

On 5/9/2023 at 7:50 AM, The endler guy said:

Have you noticed snoopy acting strangely

Nah. Snoopy has never been overly energetic. Think of a shopper “just browsing”. That is Snoopy.

On 5/9/2023 at 12:19 PM, The endler guy said:

What light do you use?

I use the Hygger with the 24/7 mode.

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

Why do I even have a feeding dish if Snoopy is just going to keep pulling the food out of it?

She grabs it and swims backwards with it. Look at how defiant she looks!

Edited May 20, 2023 by Chick-In-Of-TheSea

[nabokovfan87]

On 5/20/2023 at 6:26 AM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said:

Why do I even have a feeding dish if Snoopy is just going to keep pulling the food out of it?

I totally understand how she feels.  What's that word, snoopy has snail misophonia.

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

Snoopy having breakfast with 2 shrimp.

Snoopy having breakfast with a snail.

Snoopy does not like dining with tetras. Here she is making that known.

And yes, the tetras already ate. But they are bottomless pits.

[xXInkedPhoenixX]

On 5/22/2023 at 3:49 AM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said:

Snoopy does not like dining with tetras. Here she is making that known.

Punk does this too. 

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

Snoopy inspects new shrimp house.

 

[Guppysnail]

Oh my Thise shrimp houses are adorable! I still can’t find the bag of them I put in a “safe spot so I won’t lose them”🤣

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

On 5/23/2023 at 10:59 AM, Guppysnail said:

Oh my Thise shrimp houses are adorable! I still can’t find the bag of them I put in a “safe spot so I won’t lose them”🤣

You hid them from yourself.

[SunBearQ]

Those shrimp houses are really cute 😄.

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

On 5/23/2023 at 11:11 PM, SunBearQ said:

Those shrimp houses are really cute 😄.

I may make a pathway leading up to the door. 🤔

[Lennie]

On 5/23/2023 at 5:15 PM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said:

Snoopy inspects new shrimp house.

 

Snoopy is sad being not small enough to fit in.

 

So she be stalking them outside

 

 

Edited May 24, 2023 by Lennie

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

On 5/24/2023 at 6:53 AM, Lennie said:

So she be stalking them outside

A Peeping Tom when the shrimps are getting undressed!

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

On 5/23/2023 at 11:11 PM, SunBearQ said:

Those shrimp houses are really cute 😄.

Cobblestone path to welcome them home

 

[SunBearQ]

Awe, tiny little cobblestones ☺️.

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

Roses are green, violets are blue..

[nabokovfan87]

On 5/27/2023 at 5:58 AM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said:

Roses are green, violets are blue..

😂 I see the shrimp lost it's food privileges.

Snoopy says hi.

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

On 5/27/2023 at 2:52 PM, nabokovfan87 said:

😂 I see the shrimp lost it's food privileges.

Snoopy says hi.

Indeed. The shrimp is still there! See him? 🤣 Waiting his turn.
 

And Snoopy is after that pile of brine shrimps.

Edited May 27, 2023 by Chick-In-Of-TheSea

[The endler guy]

😳

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

On 6/1/2023 at 10:21 AM, The endler guy said:

😳

Hey! Spooky has a friend now!

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

Do they get along ok, @The endler guy?

[The endler guy]

On 6/1/2023 at 10:38 AM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said:

Do they get along ok, @The endler guy?

The smaller female is getting chased a bit, but she seems ok, I have dimmed the lights so that it’s harder to see her, probably just a mix of smaller size and establishing dominance 

 

he isn’t constantly chasing her just showing who’s in charge 

 

the photo actually of spooky flaring his fins and her flaring back