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Yes, Mustafa, just one berried female. It took her 4 days to unload and her swimmerettes still look funny (distended) even after she go rid of that dud egg. The little organisms are visible to the naked eye en masse which happens after the light's been on for a while. But otherwise I have to use a j...

Poor mama shrimp. Her tail section is not the normal tapered shape anymore. It's pretty wide and she's still holding onto one egg. It doesn't seem to be a viable one. It looks unchanged, like a fresh berry.

Just thought I'd update you on the berried shrimp. She started releasing larvae 3 days ago. 27 in total

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I would leave them be. … They are filling a niche that is available. I personally like the fact that there other visible organisms beside the shrimp. I siphoned out most but then there was another hatch. When they first appear they can be found in the meniscus. They can be observed rising with thei...

I've got the same mysterious floating specks! Oh hey, good to see you here in the forum. I still suspect they are snail veligers. I believe they are feeding on phytoplankton. I am hypothesizing that the phytoplankton congregate where the light is the strongest and therefore the veligers will also c...

I would bet that they are copepod larvae. The real tiny ones, larvae ?, are attracted to light and you see them near the surface. A small cloud. This describes them, Ken! If you want to see a video clip I posted one on Instagram. https://instagram.com/p/5tCo3WgciH/?taken-by=backyardbee At this poin...

I have 10 small pipipi snails in my 12-gallon tank (actually only 10-gallons since it not filled to the top). At any rate, I noticed tiny specks swimming around a few days ago, hundreds of them. I'm worried because I feel like my tank has finally hit the perfect balance with my first baby Opae Ula d...

I doubt the macroalgae are going to survive without any nutrients in there, so the (slowly) decaying macro will provide food for the shrimp or at least nutrients for some biofilm. At least that's my theory. I forget when your macroalgae arrived, Mustafa, maybe March of last year? It's still green, ...

Just an update. The two supershrimp are still in the original glass sphere. I gave them a few strands of Mustafa's macroalgae but don't feed them. I used a straw to siphon off some of the white detritus twice. Replacement water comes from a 12-gallon tank that I set up for some other shrimp (where t...

I'm definitely interested in the nano moss balls. That is actually what I was searching the Internet for, when I found your site. I have marimo that are marble-sized and I love them. — hb

The ecosphere is the round 5.5" inch one. There were, I think , 7 shrimp to start plus a snail. The snail died almost right away. Up until a few years ago, there were 4 shrimp. The two remaining are crazy small. I'd guess 1/4-inch. When we got the ecosphere we were living on Long Island (NY) bu...

Thanks to the depth of information on this site and forum, I don't have any questions at the moment, just trepidation. I bought an Ecosphere in January of 1993, yet just learned the truth about them last week. I have opened the seal, giving the two last shrimp their first fresh air, water and food i...