Sophia

I'm still waiting for photos of this tank! :roll: :happy1:

so when are you going to get some killifish eh? You know you want to :happy2:

Update after I got a light over the top and poked about. 3 shrimps remaining alive, the rest dead. Even tiny dead shrimps stink like hell :sick: Took the leaves out of the water as there was an oil slick on the top which reminded me of the same one I had when I had the rotting wood in the killie tank. Maybe the wrong sort of leaves, maybe too oily. Have now got 3 oak leaves and a beech or something, much more papery thin. 1 dead big water boatman. Snails still OK and so are the white leechy things on the tank glass. Some look and move like slugs, the rest stay still. Siphoned out about 6 litres and replaced with clean dechlorinated water. There are a few pods alive, definitely no daphnia anymore. See what you think of these photos: click the thumbs for better look. Top 2 are movies of a few seconds worm/anemone and remaining green ostracod Another worm/anemone bottom right, then you can just see the hydra after the camera moves Bugs on the glass – approx 2-3 mm long, bigger and thicker than the planaria I have seen in the killie tank Nice still shot of anemone worm – if you approach it it retracts quickly like a sea anemone Hydra – there were about 3 of these, currently in hiding after me fiddling about The Horror

they have the colours of your parrots, no wonder you like them

will post some later when I'm at home again

what a handsome brute!

there are some in the moss that look like this http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/hydra-opsin.jpg and some that haven't got the multiple prongs on the top yet. Also ones that move without the prongs attached to the glass. What else could it be? I found the remains of a shrimp casing yesterday and there are few or no daphnia left, certainly no running about the floor like when I first set it up. Maybe they all died a natural death but it's extremely coincidental that these things turned up and everything else went quiet. The only thing is that some of the leaves have made a bit of wispy mould as they rot down, some I have removed, otherwise I thought that was natural and OK. :dunno:

can you buy daphnia 'seeds'? that was my original idea for the tank and then I got off track :oops:

Yes, that's Ira

The next question is, if I go back the creek for more shrimp or bugs, when I drag the net on the weed to catch shrimps, is that enough to pick up more hydra or would it have been physically attached to the plants I got? It certainly wasn't visible when I put it all in the tank, it appeared afterwards.

Here are some pics of my killifish spawning Their focus for the week has been uprooting the dwarf chain sword :lol: Worn out!

Tank update Decided to show some photos while the crypts are recovering so I can record the growth. Along the front of the log is a line of wendtii brown, and a beckettii in the far right corner. There is a beckettii behind the log that should grow out. Twisted val all moved in front of the filter where it appears to be doing alright. Walkerii must have had it’s roots disturbed in the replant as it melted some leaves so is looking smaller. Ambulia still along the back, thinking to replace it so I can remove the hairy algae that is slowly getting to the lower leaves. As you can see the lotus has been moved so it looks bare in the rock garden. This area is packed with crypts and dwarf chain sword. More moss on the log and ferns hiding underneath are growing new leaves more rapidly now, I think they have finally acclimatised. Am happy to have the filter on the back wall now and have finally got a piece of sponge in the biggest fry sucking hole. Shrimp still alive! front Left Right And a picture of the underwater garden gnomes

always the hungriest in my tank

thanks

I have had a range of nicknames, that is one of the most pleasant

Unfortunately my bugs tank has got hydra already :evil: ... many bugs are now out of sight, only the water boatmen, snails, a couple of shrimps and some fast moving pods are still visible. There are no fish or other critters that I know of, so if I have to I will treat what's left and then get new bugs if they all die. I've had a hunt about the archives and found a range of solutions but does anyone know which of these are suitable for this scenario, and what the dosage would be for a 22 litre tank? I have panacur/fenbendazole, salt, formalin, snail rid/copper. Tank has no ammonia or nitrite and very low nitrate. Ph is 6.4 to 6.6 and I have not tested the kH but I doubt it is anywhere near the 5 drops of test kit you need to be able to use snail rid safely in a fish tank. I am prepared for all round deaths, though not ideal so if there is a less painful solution I would like to try that first. On another note, hydra itself is quite interesting. If it weren't a killer bug, I would keep it for it's anemone-ness :-?

got any more pics of the adults? I like the colours. Have never enjoyed flapping things as pets (or mother-in-laws either) but I like to look at photos (of the pets that is).

and what name for this one? I was thinking Tufty McBeak but hey :dunno:

very sweet :love: well done Joe

I like the little guys outside the trap trying to bust in haha

Ira -can be shortened to Ra

alchemy

my ex-fur boy Nimbus (also ginger tabby) used to do this too from time to time

Walker or Beckett after the crypts 8)

best see a doctor I think haha :facepalm: