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Well, it's now been 40 days since I first saw the berried shrimp. I'm seeing her every day since she showed back up after disappearing for a week. Saw her 20 minutes ago. And still no babies. I'm beginning to believe the possibility that when I stopped seeing her, it was because she lost the eggs, a...

What a relief! I didn't see my berried shrimp for 6-7 days, despite the continued obsessive looking that previously rewarded me with at least one sighting each day since I first saw her. But last night I saw her again. Of course I can't be positive it's the same shrimp, but she's the same size and l...

That's what I thought. They were never interested in the 'pods either. Too bad. It would be fun to watch them chase down the 'pods and eat them.

I have been hatching a bunch of brine shrimp for other purposes lately, and am wondering if by any chance the H. rubra might be interested in eating the tiny newly hatched ones if I introduced some to their tank. I haven't been able to find ANYTHING on the 'net that would indicate that this might be...

I'll do my best to be patient! Somewhere on this board I think I read that the range is 30-40 days, depending on water temp. Mine is around 69 degrees F this time of year, so I'm not expecting hatching until at least 35 days. I spotted her again today, so we're at 25 days now.

Ok, I kind of figured that wasn't a sustainable tank, but it sure is pretty. I was worried about my mama - hadn't spotted her for a couple of days, but I just saw her. She has been hiding in the gravel pile (limestone rocks about 1.5 inches each) almost exclusively for two weeks. I I would have very...

Don't take me too seriously, Mustafa! I was referring to this Scott Santos pic that someone else posted on this board a few years back - the seventh picture in the trailing link. But no, I don't really dream of that. I want some babies, and I eventually would like a larger tank, maybe 5 gallons, Mea...

Just an update - I was gone for several days. Got home Sunday night and saw the berried female swimming around in the open. I'm assuming it's the same one, as I can never find more than one in the tank at a time. I got a good look with a magnifier and she still has eight eggs. She seems to be carryi...

Put me down as another person interested in purchasing some of this moss if you decide to start selling it. I don't care if it's real Marimo or not. It's pretty!

Yes, I do indeed spend a WAY inordinate amount of time looking for that mama. I do know a couple of her hidey-holes in the rocks though. I have large gravel and coral pieces piled up in one corner of the tank, and I put pieces of construction paper against the tank wall on both sides of that corner....

After ten long months of anxiously inspecting my 1.5-gallon tank every day while wearing two pairs of reading glasses and wielding a super-bright little flashlight, I finally found a shrimp with eggs today! I had stopped topping off the tank with pure water when it evaporated, as someone had said th...

These are reminiscent of the hydra-like polyps that showed up in my tank a few months ago. However, there hasn't been any sign of jellyfish. Sometimes the hydra just vanish, but usually they stay in the same spot where I first noticed them until they die and get some sort of growth on them that I'm ...

I'll watch for jelly fish! That would be cool. Several of these hydroids have disappeared from the spots where I was observing them. Don't know if that means they're dying, or becoming adult jellyfish, or what. But there are numerous others scattered around. I just found a nice group of them at the ...

I managed to get a couple of photos of these critters. Low quality but maybe useful. The first one is the better one. This one is attached to the left side tank wall near the corner, and I'm viewing it from the front. A small flashlight provides sidelight that makes the tentacles visible. From its b...

I can try. They're very small and need side lighting to see. Rey well at all. And my camera's not that great. But I'll see what I can do.