(Writers Note: Raising baby ghost shrimp project was a bust)
So as I said in my latest blog post, Moriarty got a new tank. It is a Fluvel Spec 2.5. It is SOOO cute. Only problem was, I got this pretty white sand, which got dirty and messy- really fast! I looked into cleaner animals, and decided I wanted to get a Ghost shrimp. So welcome my newest pet, Mrs. Hudson, the housekeeper:) I got her at Petco and didn't really noticed until the Bagging lady put her in the bag that she was full of eggs!!!!
It was yesterday that her eggs hatched (or more in proper terms, she released her eggs:) They all got sucked into the filter of the tank and I had to save them by dumping the filter into the tank (very messy business indeed) After netting them out (so Moriarty wouldn't find them a tasty treat) They are staying in a brine shrimp net until they get a little bigger.
I also have to mention that I "adopted" 2 Marimo Moss balls. They add so much color and interest to the tank. They are so awesome. I named them Miki and Arnold. just for fun:)
So as I said in my latest blog post, Moriarty got a new tank. It is a Fluvel Spec 2.5. It is SOOO cute. Only problem was, I got this pretty white sand, which got dirty and messy- really fast! I looked into cleaner animals, and decided I wanted to get a Ghost shrimp. So welcome my newest pet, Mrs. Hudson, the housekeeper:) I got her at Petco and didn't really noticed until the Bagging lady put her in the bag that she was full of eggs!!!!
It was yesterday that her eggs hatched (or more in proper terms, she released her eggs:) They all got sucked into the filter of the tank and I had to save them by dumping the filter into the tank (very messy business indeed) After netting them out (so Moriarty wouldn't find them a tasty treat) They are staying in a brine shrimp net until they get a little bigger.
I also have to mention that I "adopted" 2 Marimo Moss balls. They add so much color and interest to the tank. They are so awesome. I named them Miki and Arnold. just for fun:)
Mrs. Hudson's babies did well in the net for about a mouth, before one of the remaining three died. The two left ("Martha" and "Jones") where moved into a new 2 gallon tank that fit them quite well. They grew a bit and flourished for about two weeks before they also died suddenly:( I had the water checked and there was nothing majorly wrong with it other than a little elevated PH. They where just so small and fragile. The pictures above are of Martha, who was the biggest one. They got to be quite big compared to how small they where originally! I was excited to have raised them as far as I did. The picture on the right is about life sized.
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