Today I have the solution to my problem. I put two peppermint shrimp in the system. They will help keep the rock clean of the aptaisia pest. The very moment I put them in the tank they went to work getting to know the place. The crabs have been fun to watch as they crawl around, but these two are like a speed boat compared to a paddle boat. They zoom around, rock back and forth for a second, and then zoom around again. I'm told it may be several days before they start to attack the aptaisia... we'll see. I'm glad they are here. We've decided that they are a both female (the choice of my daughter) and they are named Katie and Elizabeth.
In order to make sure there is something for the shrimp to eat when the aptaisia is gone, I got MY FIRST FISH!!! It's a small domino fish, and while I don't expect much from it, it made me very happy to just watch it zoom around. My son decided that it is a boy, and we're going to call it 'Fishy'. Fishy isn't some thoughtless name. He pondered several names, and we had a long discussion that ended in Fishy. Maybe some day I'll post that story... for now you just need to know that Fishy is our first fish, and we're all very proud. It's time for the lights to go off in the tank, but I just can't do it right now... we want to look in! The tank life will just have to stay awake until we've got our fill of spying in on them :)
Today I have the solution to my problem. I put two peppermint shrimp in the system. They will help keep the rock clean of the aptaisia pest. The very moment I put them in the tank they went to work getting to know the place. The crabs have been fun to watch as they crawl around, but these two are like a speed boat compared to a paddle boat. They zoom around, rock back and forth for a second, and then zoom around again. I'm told it may be several days before they start to attack the aptaisia... we'll see. I'm glad they are here. We've decided that they are a both female (the choice of my daughter) and they are named Katie and Elizabeth.
In order to make sure there is something for the shrimp to eat when the aptaisia is gone, I got MY FIRST FISH!!! It's a small domino fish, and while I don't expect much from it, it made me very happy to just watch it zoom around. My son decided that it is a boy, and we're going to call it 'Fishy'. Fishy isn't some thoughtless name. He pondered several names, and we had a long discussion that ended in Fishy. Maybe some day I'll post that story... for now you just need to know that Fishy is our first fish, and we're all very proud. It's time for the lights to go off in the tank, but I just can't do it right now... we want to look in! The tank life will just have to stay awake until we've got our fill of spying in on them :)
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