Everything is going swimmingly. heh See what I did there?
Anyway, I've got the hang of the hatching BBS, although I'm hatching too many and have to cut back since even all my var of fish can't eat 1 teaspoon's worth. Maybe try 1/4 teaspoon.
Here's my recipe for hatching the BBS
1 to 1 1/2 liters RO water
2 tablespoons marine salt
dash of baking soda
Fry are a little larger- not large enough for my camera yet which is a bit frustrating, but nothing really to see anyway. Color is non-existant yet.
More like compact it so it is not so spread out over the tank. Many serious shrimp breeders do not vacuum their tanks much because microspikes may happen to harm shrimp. The snails compact what is leftover from the shrimp and also eat uneaten food, so there is less clean up.
Infusoria is created from snail waste as well, and when these die off with their short life span it adds food for shrimp.
The snail trails (slime) is also a natural food for baby shrimp for increased survival, although some adults will snack on it too.
Yeah, it gets real confusing real fast when people have projects with the same name.
I'll add pics later (On the freeze-up computer right now)
Nessie (only green cherry of it's kind in the world, as far as I know!)
Sunshine (my project for intensely colored painted yellows)
Inkwell (solid black cherry)
Cellophane (clear cherry)
Zombie (orange rili with blue tissue)
I hate to go the hanging light route though. May tanks need covers for various reasons, and I'd have to buy glass tops when I already have econ covers. I have considered that, but 40+ tanks to cover is just too much moola right now.
Vermiculite even packaged for plants.
Unfortunately, they did not go into specific places it has come from. So really, there's no telling which is okay and which isn't.
Just a heads up that some vermiculite contains small yet dangerous quantities of asbestos. The EPA issued a warning here not that long ago...yet again.
I bought a bunch a while back, but they all died in transit to me. The seller put them in a styro cooler (it was winter) and taped a heat pack to the OUTSIDE of the cooler!?! Didn't make sense to me, but I got my refund without any hassle.
She wound up with a cold last night. She in pre-training for competition teams, so she had to go do her stuff- but man, was she worn out afterwards.
Anyway, I'll let everyone know when the bags come in, and what I think of them...