Gettin' Some Snowball Shrimp!!

Post by **Mustafa** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 7:45 pm

Alright, alright...if you guys can find me a shrimp smilie then I can include it in our smilie repertoire.

I'll see if I can find some myself in the meantime....

AnneRiceBowl · Post by **AnneRiceBowl** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 4:58 am

LMAO!!! YAAAAAAAAY! Thanks Mustafa!

Neonshrimp · Post by **Neonshrimp** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 7:40 am

Alright everyone, the search is on for a shrimp smilie

AnneRiceBowl · Post by **AnneRiceBowl** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 4:21 pm

WOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Guess what?!?!?!?!??!

Neonshrimp · Post by **Neonshrimp** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 5:15 pm

You got your "SNOWBALL" shrimp

?

AnneRiceBowl · Post by **AnneRiceBowl** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 5:33 pm

YES I DID!!!! AND! I got an extra! Not a bad deal!

I also got a bit of Java moss with them. lol I'll be moving that to my quaratine tank though. I don't want to mix the Christmas moss with it.

Looks like I got about 2 males and the others are females, but one is actually still a shrimplet.

Neonshrimp · Post by **Neonshrimp** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 5:55 pm

COOL!!! now you can see how cool they look in your tank of green moss. By the way how are you telling the females from males, do yours have saddles?

AnneRiceBowl · Post by **AnneRiceBowl** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 6:35 pm

Yes, the ones that I can see that are female have saddles. The ones that I am sexing as males are thinner in the tail, and they don't have the thick female tail. So hopefully, I'll be having some shrimplets of my own in several weeks.

Neonshrimp · Post by **Neonshrimp** » Sun Nov 19, 2006 9:07 am

It looks like I have one saddled female

I am hoping to see her carrying eggs any day now!

AnneRiceBowl, how are your shrimp doing?

AnneRiceBowl · Post by **AnneRiceBowl** » Sun Nov 19, 2006 5:08 pm

YAY!!!! And we shall call snowball shrimplets "Snowflakes"!!! LOL

They are doing great! I see them actively picking at everything in the tank. I put in some spirulina flakes about every other day, so there's plenty of things to eat for them. I am taking care not to overfeed them, which I know is easy to do because there are so few of them in the tank.

ALSO! I was cleaning the exterior of the glass today (well, okay less than an hour ago), and I noticed what I think is called "hydra". I think the salt water equivalent are called "aiptasia". Are these harmful to the shrimp?

badflash · Post by **badflash** » Sun Nov 19, 2006 5:16 pm

To baby shrimp, yes. They are hard to get rid of. Best bet is to stop feeding for a while and see if they die off.

Neonshrimp · Post by **Neonshrimp** » Sun Nov 19, 2006 5:18 pm

Glad to hear about your new arrivals

Thank for the update.

I have heard that hydra are a danger to baby shrimp because of thier small size. One of the ways people remove them is manually or with a plastic straw. If you keep up water maintenance, they sometimes disappear from the tank. I would just try to have them gone by the time any eggs hatch.

Newjohn · Post by **Newjohn** » Sun Nov 19, 2006 5:48 pm

A Turkey baster worked best for me.
It will suck those little guys off the glass.

John

AnneRiceBowl · Post by **AnneRiceBowl** » Sun Nov 19, 2006 6:00 pm

Thank you for the info! I have aquascaping tweezers that I can pick them off the glass with, and I also have a turkey baster. There are 4 that I can see on the glass, and they will be gone!

AnneRiceBowl · Post by **AnneRiceBowl** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 8:14 am

So, just a quick update.

All 7 of the snowballs that were sent to me HAVE made it! Their tank looks great! My camera is still being a pain, and I am still trying to get pics off of it.

In the tank is: Eco-Complete, a few stems of Rotala rotundifolia, loads of Java ferns tied on small driftwood, a Tiki head ornament (yes, I know what you are thinking, but it looks Cooooool), a glass thermometer, and an AquaClear 20 fliter that has a sponge from a sponge filter over the intake. I am using tap water aged 1 week with Prime. I am feeding spirulina flakes and shrimp pellets everysooften. There's a simple flourescent light on the tank. 50% weekly water changes to reset trace minerals (elements) in the water.

That's it! Simple! Easy peasy!

Oh, and I got the hydras out of the tank with my aquascaping tweezers and the turkey baster. I haven't seen any since.