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!!!IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT!!!PLEASE READ!!!!
Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 7:26 am
by AnneRiceBowl
THE EGGS HAVE HATCHED!!!!! I NOW HAVE ZOES!!!! THE LARVE ARE SWIMMING!!!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 7:32 am
by Neonshrimp
Congratulations
! Now the hard part begins
! Best wishes.
Re: !!!IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT!!!PLEASE READ!!!!
Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 10:52 am
by badflash
AnneRiceBowl wrote:THE EGGS HAVE HATCHED!!!!! I NOW HAVE ZOES!!!! THE LARVE ARE SWIMMING!!!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
eggcellent!
Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 11:33 am
by YuccaPatrol
Well, let me be the third to congratulate you!
Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 11:40 am
by AnneRiceBowl
Thank you!!!! I think there's around 20 of them in Tank #1.
Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 1:50 pm
by badflash
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.
Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 3:19 pm
by AnneRiceBowl
That's what i've been doing--well, almost exactly. I just got another 10-ish out of the 20 gallon.
Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 3:33 pm
by AnneRiceBowl
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!
Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 4:09 pm
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.
John
Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 4:40 pm
by AnneRiceBowl
Newjohn, YES IT IS!
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
Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 5:13 pm
by badflash
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?
Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 6:09 pm
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.
Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 7:35 pm
by Neonshrimp
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
Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 8:49 pm
by AnneRiceBowl
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
Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 8:54 pm
by AnneRiceBowl
Oh yeah, I turkey bastered-out 3 more zoes a few minutes ago.