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Some more pics. 2 of them shedded their exoskeletons! Lol

Nellyville - there were a couple more posts discussing webbing showing up in tanks. Picture of webbing and discussion: Link --> http://www.petshrimp.com/discussions/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=5874&p=38735&hilit=Cobwebs#p38735 Another good discussion of webbing: Link --> http://www.petshrimp.c...

Here’s a picture of my upgraded 3gal tank. Waiting for stuff build up before adding the little ones. Also does anybody know what that “webbing” is?!? It stretches around the rocks and from the macroalgae. Thanks

Here’s the setup!

I hope there’s enough algae for these guys.

SuperProofer wrote: ↑Wed Dec 13, 2017 10:45 pm Yes, toss the string.

Thanks!

Vorteil wrote: ↑Wed Dec 13, 2017 8:40 am Looks like the white thing is a Malaysian trumpet snail.

That white thing was a piece of food for them. Lol. It grew from the biofilm. I also just got my order of shrimp in. It came with a string inside. I’m assuming I toss that out?

So I ended up getting rid of the jar container. It wasn’t productive and producing any biofilm compared to the acrylic cube. I bought another giant cube and emptied the water from the jar into it and then added like 1.5 more gallons of brackish water. I got rid of the rock substrate and put in sand ...

From what I’ve been told, to acclimate you just need to get them up to the same temperature as the water and put those little guys in.

Also would any of you guys know what this white thing is that’s floating in the middle of the pic?

The snails are now active! A few of them are crawling along the side of the tank and one of them was suspended upside down on the very top of the water just moving around and eating?!? I can’t wait to order the shrimps!

Added the snails right now after acclimating them. One of them already buried itself under the sand. Lol

Just use distilled water. You can buy it anywhere at like Walmart, Target, grocery stores etc.

As always patience is the key here. :-D Just wait and don't do *anything*. Nothing...until you see algae grow. And even then you still continue doing pretty much nothing for a while. Just add the shrimp and enjoy. Don't be tempted to use products like stress zyme...they don't help. And don't put fo...

Thanks! How long does it take to acclimate the snails?