adult wood shrimp routine
botia
animals, I am not certain the routine College has established as an
adult has developed in part because of Thelma (deceased) or inherted
then activated by adulthood. Some more photos were taken of College,
and she seems to have deleloped a routine around the lighting and
heating changes. Most interesting is that she emerges from under the
woods about thirty minutes before the light in Tank 2 is set to go off.
Her colors and behavoir are the indicators I have come to trust as
representing her state of health. By these accounts, she is healthy.
With that, I also summit, that she is a beautiful creature. I have
lost the ability to feed her directly with the eyedropper.
The detection of my hand over the water triggers the most remarkable
flight motion. The fans collapse and body presses flatter on the wood,
then she darts backwards off the wood and in an instant, reverses
direction springing forward and downward while twisting upsided down --
arriving on the underside of the woods in a flash, and freezes. Well,
her antenna are not frozen at that point -- she is buzzing her antenna
to check out the direction of the movement for a time. At the present
time, while she appears to be alot more relaxed about Tank Two, she is
now far more wary of movement. I am still holding my breathe wainting
for a certain retailer to call me regarding an adult male wood shrimp,
and if I don't hear back this week I'll give them a call. I is rather
sad the keep reading (google alerts) about folks have problems with
their (wood, bamboo, flower) shrimp, and if I am to find any
satisfaction with this journal -- it is that folks understand that the
care of Atyopsis moluccensis, is not for the novice. If anyone wants a
more specialized post, shoot me a message. I will get back within a
few days -- an open invitation I have resounded enough times.
Present parameters; Tank Two is a 30 gallon tank holding about 26
gallons of fresh water, pH 7.6 and stable. Four drops Iodine added for
last weeks. 25% water change one week ago. Carbonate hardness of 2.5
and, water temp 27C during the day dropping to 20 C during night. Low
levels of nitrate, stable. Daphnia population exhausted. Blood worms
population exhausted. Hydra population exhausted. Common water Snails
small and now growing faster. Cyclops population small and stable.
Java ferns (2) stopped growing. Java moss (four bunches) stable and
stopped growing. Amazon swords (2) flora stable and growing. Lotus (1)
flora stable and rapidly growing. Sagittaria subulata, twenty one
plants, spreading restarted. UnID "I" worms population small and
stable. The Atyopsis moluccensis (College)
about is about 5.75 centimeters in length.
"That is all."