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THE EGGS HAVE HATCHED!!!!! I NOW HAVE ZOES!!!! THE LARVE ARE SWIMMING!!!

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Congratulations :-D ! Now the hard part begins :lol: ! Best wishes.
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AnneRiceBowl wrote:THE EGGS HAVE HATCHED!!!!! I NOW HAVE ZOES!!!! THE LARVE ARE SWIMMING!!!

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
eggcellent!
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Well, let me be the third to congratulate you! :-D
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Thank you!!!! I think there's around 20 of them in Tank #1.
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Turn off all water motion and room lights. Put a bright light over the water. The zoes will go to it. You can then get them easily with the turkey baster. Chance are there will be hundreds and hundreds.
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That's what i've been doing--well, almost exactly. I just got another 10-ish out of the 20 gallon.
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Okay, I turned off the filter, turned off all room light, and put a flashlight on top of the glass canopy.

Now, I'm just waiting.

I did see that I have new RCS shrimplets! LOL Good lord, I have shrimp coming out of my ears over here! :shock: :shock:
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Post by Newjohn »

Congratulations

There sure is alot of exciting news lately.

A new Species of Crayfish Breeding and now , Filter Feeding Zoe's .

This is a exciting time to be in this Hobby

Please keep us informed.

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Post by AnneRiceBowl »

Newjohn, YES IT IS! :-D

Oh, and after I did what badflash recommended, I only found 1 more zoe. I don't want to leave the filter off too long, because I don't want to kill the nitrifying bacteria. I did take the chance to get the RCS shrimplets out of the filter though. lol
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You won't hurt the bacteria until the filter is off at least 6 hours, so don't worry. If you don't see any after an hour, go back to normal. What sort of filter arrangement do you have?
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Post by AnneRiceBowl »

I have found about 4 more after my last post on this thread.

The filter that I have on the 20 gallon long is an AquaClear 20 with a sponge from a sponge filter over the intake that I cut to fit and fastened with 2 cable ties.

I am assuming that the RCS shrimplets that I got out of there this evening wound up in there when I still had an AquaClear filter sponge on the intake.
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:-D Keep up the good work, you can do it!!!
I did see that I have new RCS shrimplets! LOL Good lord, I have shrimp coming out of my ears over here!
When it rains it poors :lol:
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Thanks! Even if I don't succeed, it'll be a GREAT learning experience!

If it pours when it rains, there must be a HURRICANE over here in Nebraska! LOL


Yeah, I have an arsenal of corny jokes tonight! LOL
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Post by AnneRiceBowl »

Oh yeah, I turkey bastered-out 3 more zoes a few minutes ago.
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