snails

All the way from the Netherlands, my 4 Anentome helena arrived today in perfect condition.  I put the little guys in the cherry shrimp tank, and they were immediately surrounded by shrimp eating who knows what off their shells.  They are beautiful snails, and I can see green, yellow, orange and brown stripes on their shells.

All the way from the Netherlands, my 4 Anentome helena arrived today in perfect condition.  I put the little guys in the cherry shrimp tank, and they were immediately surrounded by shrimp eating who knows what off their shells.  They are beautiful snails, and I can see green, yellow, orange and brown stripes on their shells.

All the way from the Netherlands, my 4 Anentome helena arrived today in perfect condition.  I put the little guys in the cherry shrimp tank, and they were immediately surrounded by shrimp eating who knows what off their shells.  They are beautiful snails, and I can see green, yellow, orange and brown stripes on their shells.

Determined to get through this years drought, (which has not been as bad as last years drought so far), my crepe myrtle decided to bloom. 

She has snacks!  She piles you and your loved ones in her car and gives you snacks!  America, if there’s anything more pleasant than driving around town, munching on snacks, and looking at houses, I can’t think of what it is.

My snails have been making ’snail love’ like crazy, and I’ve taken 6 more clutches from the tanks.  My first clutch, after 2 weeks, still didn’t have anything in the eggs, so I froze the clutch then tossed it outside to become part of the earth again.  I later found 2 clutches on the glass hood under the lights, and they got toasted and crispy, I tossed them ouside.  I found 3 new clutches this morning, one was in the process of being made, right on the filter!  I

I saw one platy fry in the big tank this morning.  It was the only one, I guess the others got eaten.  He’s actually not very small, I’m guessing he’s about 3 or 4 days old.  I scooped him out, and put him in the shrimp tank with the guppy fry. 

One New Year’s Eve one of our guppies gave birth.  We saved 5 before they got eaten by the others.

Then and Now, 3 weeks later:

I made a bath of snail jello today from a recipe at Aquaria Central.   The snails never had a chance to eat it because the fish went nuts over it.

And here is mr. pleco enjoying some squash: