And - I have a baby snail! No idea if it was born here or if it was a microscopic hitchhiker; it's barely visible as a snail as it is.
And the cobweb stuff I was wondering about is basically gone now. A big chunk of it got clumped up and fell to the bottom while I was adding the shrimp, and a snail ate most of it. The rest of that clump is gone now, too. I wouldn't be surprised if the activity of the shrimp swimming like crazy when they first got here disrupted the remaining strands, or maybe the shrimp ate some and the snails ate more. But as of today there's no sign that it was ever there.
Here's my tank:
It's a 3-gallon "Mr. Aqua" glass bow front tank. I couldn't find a lid for it so I made one out of some transparent poly sheet I had around; I might cut a nicer-looking one out of clear acrylic at some point, but this is fine for now. The light is some cheapo thing from Amazon, on a timer set for 12 hrs on, 12 off. The lava rock with a hole in it is also from amazon. The sand, dark rocks, and shells are all from the craft store. I made the wooden platform so that I can safely pick up and move the tank if I need to.
Baby snail:
More photos, because I got a new phone with a better camera
