LxOxSxI
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So... I finally manned up and bought a BEAUTIFUL 17.73lb rock for my 14g biocube. It came with red leg hermit... or so I thought...
When they packed the rock they lined a styrofoam container with a plastic trash bag, lined the bottom with newspaper, partially filled with h20, put the rock in, then topped with newspaper again. Looked... fine i guess. When I got home about 10 mins later, it was a struggle getting damp newspaper off the rock before I submerged it (newer tank). I noticed it came with a hermit and had no choice to put him in with the rock, unaware of my 'cycles' progress.
The next morning i wondered if any lil bugs/critters fell off and were sitting in the box, so i started sifting through that swap water with degrading newspaper and leeching ink. Didn't find much but some little rubble that had broke off, i suspect, during transport. Then my heart sank, I saw a carcass of a shrimp that was nearly transparent and looked flacid. I went to pick it out and it kicked and scurried! I screamed like a little school girl!
. After running around in circles scratching my head on a procedure, I came up with getting a 1/2 cup measuring cup to get him out with. Then I got the trickle plate from chamber 2 in the biocube to set him on to rinse the swap water off of him. After 3-4 showers I put him in the tank.
He descended to the bottom and found a warm welcome to his previous home and has been doing a side-to-side dance for the last 24 hours, non stop, in fact. He has wandered around some too and gained alot of color back too. I haven't seen him eat though, whereas the hermit is chowing all my nice algae
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My question is.. should I supplement the shrimp with some morsels of something?
after battling that swap water and 65 degree temps at best, for no less than 10 hours, please give a warm welcome to 'Sarge'
When they packed the rock they lined a styrofoam container with a plastic trash bag, lined the bottom with newspaper, partially filled with h20, put the rock in, then topped with newspaper again. Looked... fine i guess. When I got home about 10 mins later, it was a struggle getting damp newspaper off the rock before I submerged it (newer tank). I noticed it came with a hermit and had no choice to put him in with the rock, unaware of my 'cycles' progress.
The next morning i wondered if any lil bugs/critters fell off and were sitting in the box, so i started sifting through that swap water with degrading newspaper and leeching ink. Didn't find much but some little rubble that had broke off, i suspect, during transport. Then my heart sank, I saw a carcass of a shrimp that was nearly transparent and looked flacid. I went to pick it out and it kicked and scurried! I screamed like a little school girl!
. After running around in circles scratching my head on a procedure, I came up with getting a 1/2 cup measuring cup to get him out with. Then I got the trickle plate from chamber 2 in the biocube to set him on to rinse the swap water off of him. After 3-4 showers I put him in the tank.He descended to the bottom and found a warm welcome to his previous home and has been doing a side-to-side dance for the last 24 hours, non stop, in fact. He has wandered around some too and gained alot of color back too. I haven't seen him eat though, whereas the hermit is chowing all my nice algae
.My question is.. should I supplement the shrimp with some morsels of something?
after battling that swap water and 65 degree temps at best, for no less than 10 hours, please give a warm welcome to 'Sarge'
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