Tropical Fish Forum
Tropical Fish Keeping => Invertebrates - Shrimps and Snails => Topic started by: Sanjo on July 21, 2016, 01:49:39 PM
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Hello everyone, a long time since I posted but I do peek in occasionally.
Life and husband's health getting in the way!!
Anyway, some of you may remember an earlier post regarding my little miracle snail which re-appeared 5 days after going missing and which survived for a while till she did it again, despite a netted top.
On TUESDAY this week I transferred my shrimp colony into a cycled tank, stripping down the old one as i went. IT was a 22 litre aqua nano tank with the compartments at the back from which I removed the large sponge filter. I checked it carefully and as I wasn't going to be re-using it I squeezed the water out and dumped it into an empty 3 litre jug.
Today THURSDAY, I wanted to check the water heater which goes in the new tank as I wasn't convinced it was working so switched it off, waited 15 minutes and removed the sponge from the water jug where it's been sitting since Tuesday.
Long story (shorter) I noticed movement in the drain of water that had obviously come out of the sponge and it was a tiny though recognisable shrimp.
Now I have been having cross words with the other half because he says I don't need to heat a kettle to top uf my water changes at the moment which ~i insist on doing on both the shrimp and the fish and I have been saying that my shrimp are very susceptible to bad water etc.
This little shrimp has proved me wrong. There may well have been a bit of algae on the sponge at the bottom where it was damp but it has survived in about 1/2 inch of water, no airline and not only that I left the jug in the conservatory yesterday and it was too hot in there for us to sit in it.
These little cherry shrimp are hardier than I imagined.
I've put it in the tank with the others. I don't know whether it will survive but at least it has a chance.
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That's really good news... especially for the shrimp. :)
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Nice to see you back @Sanjo that's one heck of lucky shrimp!
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Indeed - good to have a little update from you. :)