Theres a PREGGO in my aquarium UPDATE she died
Sad update.
Today I woke to finding Zoidberg dead, and never gave birth so all the babies died with her. I was super excited to have a colony of shrimp living in my tank too. She was my favorite inhabitant of my tank.
Looking online I guess while pregnant shrimp are a lot more vulnerable as well as more prone to dying from things as simple as scared of too many males in the tank or a water change. If I get lucky enough to get another one of my shrimp pregnant I will put her in a quarantine tank to hopefully help her have a place to feel calm and safe.
I named the Shrimp Zoidberg because it was huge (compared to the others) but now I realize it is a girl shrimp and not only that, it is pregnant. Gunna get a breeder box tomorrow to try to separate her so the fish don’t eat all her babies, online says 20-40 babies is what I should expect, but not sure how many I can keep alive, I know at least 1 has died and of the 8 that are in the tank I’ve only ever been able to count 5 at any time so not sure if all 8 are still alive.
The current Zoe page has been a pain, and have started and stopped 3 times, finally got a page halfdone that I think works so those with the VIP expect that to be posted tomorrow. I find starring at the fish and shrimp to be very calming when get stressed out and struggle with a drawing, They all love to go up and nip at the floater plants that have completely overrun the surface.
It started with about 10 little leafs that hitched a ride when I bought the Pleco a month ago, now I have to scoop a bit each day and toss out so there is a spot to actually feed the fish. They all seem to like it so not gunna get rid of the floaters.
Looks like the “duck weed” that keeps getting into the Waste Water Treatment Plant where I work as an operator.
Yeah I was worrying about that, everytime I put my hand in it is covered with green and I try to wipe off with a towel but really the only way I’ve been able to get it all off is by washing my hands in the sink