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I currently have... four aquariums? Plus a jug that has some shrimp and plants in it. One of the aquariums has- okay two of them have only snails, but one has only the uninvited snails that inevitably show up with new plants (and I don't mind at all, they're good for the tank and an overpopulation issue is the fault of the tank's keeper not the snails) and the other has a gold mystery snail plus the uninvited.
Anyway, all the tanks are overdue for a makeover starting with... the fifth tank...
So that jug of shrimp is from swapping out the filter I had on one of my tanks for another model, and discovering that the ceramic filter medium in one of the parts was the home to a shrimp colony of unknown numbers (I could have separated the shrimp out, but decided they were going through enough and just moved shrimp and ceramics together). I've got shrimp in one of my other tanks, relatives of these ones, but the filter shrimp have all gone translucent from living in the filter so I decided to keep the two colonies separate. Partly out of concern at the filter shrimp getting nommed, but also out of curiousity at how long it'll take for them to become red again.
They've been in their jug for a while, I've only spotted about 6 or so at a time, but I have seen babies in the last couple of days. And I was sort of procrastinating the whole permanent home issue until I realised... winter is coming. I mean winters here aren't exactly that cold, but they're not summer and there's no way to put a heater in the jug.
Finally got a new tank - a 40L tall, because I've never had a tall tank before and I figure the shrimp won't mind that - and plants should be arriving soon (hopefully tomorrow/today) so I can get that set up. I'll borrow one of the filters from the lone snail tank to get the cycle going and get the shrimp into their new home as soon as possible.
And then the question will be if/how to post pictures here, or if I should just throw them on Tumblr and link them. (Not that I think anyone actually sees either, but hey I can pretend)
Anyway, all the tanks are overdue for a makeover starting with... the fifth tank...
So that jug of shrimp is from swapping out the filter I had on one of my tanks for another model, and discovering that the ceramic filter medium in one of the parts was the home to a shrimp colony of unknown numbers (I could have separated the shrimp out, but decided they were going through enough and just moved shrimp and ceramics together). I've got shrimp in one of my other tanks, relatives of these ones, but the filter shrimp have all gone translucent from living in the filter so I decided to keep the two colonies separate. Partly out of concern at the filter shrimp getting nommed, but also out of curiousity at how long it'll take for them to become red again.
They've been in their jug for a while, I've only spotted about 6 or so at a time, but I have seen babies in the last couple of days. And I was sort of procrastinating the whole permanent home issue until I realised... winter is coming. I mean winters here aren't exactly that cold, but they're not summer and there's no way to put a heater in the jug.
Finally got a new tank - a 40L tall, because I've never had a tall tank before and I figure the shrimp won't mind that - and plants should be arriving soon (hopefully tomorrow/today) so I can get that set up. I'll borrow one of the filters from the lone snail tank to get the cycle going and get the shrimp into their new home as soon as possible.
And then the question will be if/how to post pictures here, or if I should just throw them on Tumblr and link them. (Not that I think anyone actually sees either, but hey I can pretend)
