Hydra

A few of these turned up in my office tank today. Hydra a tiny little predator, but harmless to any snail or fish. they might be risky with shrimp. But any tank with fish in it has a built in 'hydra-elimination' force. :)

New snail eggs

I am going to start this post with my latest eggs. The best prediction I have received online is that these are from a pond snail, a.k.a. Physa. I think otherwise, but we shall see.

12/24/09
Okay, I have to concede that they were Physa (a.k.a. pond or bladder snail) eggs [see left]. Physas are quite cute little snails but on a 10 gallon they are far too likely to over-populate and become a problem--so they had to go.

1/26/10
I seem to have a few survivors, including this rather interesting color variant.


2/3/10
White physa has a stay of execution...

"Show Off"

Endlers

I was surprised how big endlers get before they start showing color. Her is one of my hybrid "blendler" (black bar endler) fry just about to start smarten up. I'll post updates showing how he matures into his full "colors".

Here is a bit of the orange color coming in....

Now with a racing stripe.

Then almost done:

Drs Foster & Smith

1/15/10
I generally find Drs Foster & Smith a good store to order from, although I do wish they would stock plant sinkers. But the last package arrived in a excessively sized box held closed, or rather not held closed, by a single piece of tape.... Hmmm.