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still zoomin' around! I did give them a plastic leaf from my big tank but have not seen them interact with it. They spend most of their time grooming the gravel (not deep enough to go under it) or hanging on the gorgonia "branch".

They're still zoomin' around. The shrimp in my big tank love to hang out on their plastic plant leaves that float just under the water's surface. I was just thinking of giving the ecospherians a tiny piece, for enrichment. I never see them skimming the biofilm, and maybe a leaf would help them out a...

That's amazing. I kinda agree with the person who suggested that they get a bigger home. You could increase their home in stages by slowly adding water from your other tank to their own water a bit at a time (and replenishing the tank water a bit at a time, with the right salinity of course). And m...

Wow, I can't believe it's been 10 years since I first posted about my Ecosphere! The two OG ecospherians are still in their orb. I haven't done anything with them for a couple of years. No water changes, no syphoning out poop, definitely no feeding. Their moss has gone white again, so I might pull i...

After 6 years, my Pipipi snail (Nerite picea) has just died, leaving my tank without a snail. My shrimp really enjoyed eating its snail trail, and I reaIly liked how it looked against my black substrate. So I want to replace it with another Pipipi but can't find any for sale online. Can anyone offer...

Quick update. We just moved from Colorado to Virginia. The ecosphere got jostled quite a bit over the course of the 5-day road trip, enough so that water came out the hole. (When I broke the seal in 2013, I simply rolled the hole to the top and taped the glass disk back on.) The temperature got over...

Annual update. They're still alive. All I did since last year was replace the few strands of microalgae (it had gone colorless) and siphon out some debris. I let it settle out then put the water back. Topped it off with water from my big tank. I moved the ecosphere next to an LED plant lamp and ther...

I have one pipipi snail in my tank, and it always has an entourage of shrimp. Using a jeweler's loupe, it is easy to see that they are eating the snail's slime trail, which is more like a cloud than a trail.

Thanks for the pic! They don't look 26+ at all! Much younger looking! They have aged very well. :-D Ha Ha, too funny, Mustafa! Have you think to upgrade them to a bigger tank? I think they deserve something bigger since they have live that long and maybe add more shrimps and breed them :wink: I hav...

I get it that you will put him in the community tank from the moment there is only one left, but it would be interesting to see how old that one would get😅. 26 years is crazy... But lets hope they still love long and eventually maybe die peacefully together... They're so hard to get a picture of! I...

26 years :D The two shrimp are still swimming around their little ecosphere. One is pink and the other is so pale it is essentially white. Did their annual siphoning out of poop. Strained off the water and gave it back, then topped off their ecosphere with water from my big tank. The macroalgae that...

Still no food. They have a tiny clump of Mustafa's macroalgae in addition to the original algae that came with them. The ecosphere sits next to my 12-gallon tank that is well-populated so their buddies are close by. I figure when there's only 1 left, I'll put it in the community tank.

Been 4 years since I first posted. The two shrimp are still in their original sphere. I give them a several drops of water to compensate for evaporation over the course of the year. That's it.

Mustafa wrote:Yes, until we figure out what it is. Any picture of the blob?

HaHaHa, that is so right! Unfortunately I can't get the camera to focus on such a small spot, so no pictures yet. — Holly