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by hb5280
Fri Jan 26, 2024 2:19 pm
Forum: Supershrimp!
Topic: My Ecospherians are 21
Replies: 40
Views: 14755

Re: My Ecospherians are 21

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...
by hb5280
Sun Feb 26, 2023 8:40 am
Forum: Supershrimp!
Topic: My Ecospherians are 21
Replies: 40
Views: 14755

Re: My Ecospherians are 21

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...
by hb5280
Wed Sep 01, 2021 7:19 am
Forum: Supershrimp!
Topic: ISO one Pipipi snail
Replies: 1
Views: 527

ISO one Pipipi snail

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...
by hb5280
Thu Aug 27, 2020 11:44 am
Forum: Supershrimp!
Topic: My Ecospherians are 21
Replies: 40
Views: 14755

Re: My Ecospherians are 21

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...
by hb5280
Sat Jan 11, 2020 9:01 pm
Forum: Supershrimp!
Topic: My Ecospherians are 21
Replies: 40
Views: 14755

Re: My Ecospherians are 21

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...
by hb5280
Sun Feb 24, 2019 12:01 pm
Forum: Supershrimp!
Topic: Shrimp attacking snails?
Replies: 5
Views: 1509

Re: Shrimp attacking snails?

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.
by hb5280
Sun Feb 24, 2019 11:42 am
Forum: Supershrimp!
Topic: My Ecospherians are 21
Replies: 40
Views: 14755

Re: My Ecospherians are 21

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...
by hb5280
Fri Feb 22, 2019 5:09 pm
Forum: Supershrimp!
Topic: My Ecospherians are 21
Replies: 40
Views: 14755

Re: My Ecospherians are 21

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by hb5280
Thu Feb 21, 2019 2:53 pm
Forum: Supershrimp!
Topic: My Ecospherians are 21
Replies: 40
Views: 14755

Re: My Ecospherians are 21

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...
by hb5280
Sat Jan 26, 2019 11:21 am
Forum: Supershrimp!
Topic: My Ecospherians are 21
Replies: 40
Views: 14755

Re: My Ecospherians are 21

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...
by hb5280
Mon Dec 18, 2017 1:43 pm
Forum: Supershrimp!
Topic: My Ecospherians are 21
Replies: 40
Views: 14755

Re: My Ecospherians are 21

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.
by hb5280
Mon Dec 18, 2017 11:37 am
Forum: Supershrimp!
Topic: My Ecospherians are 21
Replies: 40
Views: 14755

Re: My Ecospherians are 21

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.
by hb5280
Wed Aug 26, 2015 3:48 pm
Forum: Supershrimp!
Topic: Pipipi snails reproducing
Replies: 15
Views: 3102

Re: Pipipi snails reproducing

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
by hb5280
Wed Aug 26, 2015 3:40 pm
Forum: Supershrimp!
Topic: My Ecospherians are 21
Replies: 40
Views: 14755

Re: My Ecospherians are 21

Didn't know my link was "private." Fixed now.
by hb5280
Tue Aug 25, 2015 10:51 am
Forum: Supershrimp!
Topic: My Ecospherians are 21
Replies: 40
Views: 14755

Re: My Ecospherians are 21

Image is a little fuzzy. This is a snail in my big tank. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-e4xZHNZBwtQ/Vdy3GsWVQkI/AAAAAAAARjE/QZv2cLcOEU0/s512-Ic42/IMG_4854.JPG I dropped a few videos here: https://picasaweb.google.com/106634904175212153304/SupershrimpTank# Thanks for taking a look and for all the...