Franquixote Posted October 30, 2015 Report Share Posted October 30, 2015 Hi all, cleaned my Fluval Edge highly modded/established tank and I can never bear to flush baby guppies, snails, or shrimp so I filter water changes throwugh a fine net. At the beginning of last summer- around May- I had a huge number of what I thought were little napuli from one of the shrimp but in all this time they haven't gotten bigger than 4mm to half a cm. They glide very quickly around but settle in the bucket they live in. I was trying to see if I could raise shrimp in just a bucket with some decent substrate and live plants and sunlight with minimal water changes due to live plants and little wasted food. They are brownish. Gammarus? I'm going to put one under the stereoscope soon for a pic but thing is I have never seen Gammarus in the fluval. Ihave a gorgeous betta and lots of Endler's and guppies which would eat them but you'd think I would still see the occasional Gammarus if they were in there. Is it possible they are just super slow growing shrimp due to the less than ideal conditions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svetilda Posted October 30, 2015 Report Share Posted October 30, 2015 Hello and welcome to the forum! I'm sorry I don't have any answers for you but I wanted to tell that I love your agate rocks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted October 30, 2015 Report Share Posted October 30, 2015 This is a great photo of Gammarus in relation to a hand. It may help you: https://www.flickr.com/photos/peteredin/5364915246/?ytcheck=1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chibikaie Posted October 30, 2015 Report Share Posted October 30, 2015 Those are big! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted October 30, 2015 Report Share Posted October 30, 2015 Well aged, I'm sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jadenlea Posted October 30, 2015 Report Share Posted October 30, 2015 ew ew ew glad I finished my lunch before hitting that link Soothing Soothing Shrimp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wygglz Posted October 30, 2015 Report Share Posted October 30, 2015 ew ew ew glad I finished my lunch before hitting that link Soothing Ok, I feel better knowing I'm not the only one. Soothing Shrimp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted October 30, 2015 Report Share Posted October 30, 2015 LOL Sorry folks, however sometimes a pic is worth a thousand words. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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