my new baby... AKA The Café

Goaway · May 17, 2023

Might have a shrimp stuck in molt. Will probably take it back to the lfs if it survives. Found him on side a minute ago, put back on rock.
Hoping this can work itself out until the lfs opens.

fishguy242 · May 17, 2023

Have a great day all...

poppin...

Alfie · May 17, 2023

Goaway said:
Might have a shrimp stuck in molt. Will probably take it back to the lfs if it survives. Found him on side a minute ago, put back on rock.
Hoping this can work itself out until the lfs opens.

Ive never experieced a shrimp failing to remove its shell. Hows it getting on?

Alfie · May 17, 2023

Scratch08 said:
I have 1 in the 120… see it on occasion… guessing it was a hitch hiker in the KP rock that didn’t leave during the hypo/hyper salinity dips

I had a pal in Michigan that left his rock out all winter, in the spring he broke the rock open and there was still life in it unbelievably

Goaway · May 17, 2023

Alfie said:
Ive never experieced a shrimp failing to remove its shell. Hows it getting on?

Dead. Not much can be done. I assume the water at the lfs being 40ppt or 1.030 sg helped play a factor in severe stress. It might have been higher, as I didn't test water until after 30m of a line drip.

I find blood red shrimp to be more sensitive to water conditions than the striped skunk shrimp.

Alfie · May 17, 2023

Goaway said:
Dead. Not much can be done. I assume the water at the lfs being 40ppt or 1.030 sg helped play a factor in severe stress. It might have been higher, as I didn't test water until after 30m of a line drip.

I find blood red shrimp to be more sensitive to water conditions than the striped skunk shrimp.

Well i would be having word. if you have one take your salinity pen next time. Here they usually keep it low to save money on salt amongst the other reasons

Goaway · May 17, 2023

Alfie said:
Well i would be having word. if you have one take your salinity pen next time. Here they usually keep it low to save money on salt amongst the other reasons

Husband told me to do that also. No guarantees from there if you don't bring in a water sample first.

The last time I checked his water is was 1.027. I figured I'd never need to tell a store owner to recalibrate his sh....

we have 2 lfs, and the other is pure trash.

Alfie · May 17, 2023

Goaway said:
Husband told me to do that also. No guarantees from there if you don't bring in a water sample first.

The last time I checked his water is was 1.027. I figured I'd never need to tell a store owner to recalibrate his sh....

we have 2 lfs, and the other is pure trash.

I learnt a long time ago never to trust an lfs, i dont care who they are lol Most just want to get stock in and out as fast as possible.

Goaway · May 17, 2023

Alfie said:
I learnt a long time ago never to trust an lfs, i dont care who they are lol Most just want to get stock in and out as fast as possible.

I hear you. It's a shame. There's more coral death here than sells. You think they'd both know. Dead don't bring in the cash.

Alfie · May 17, 2023

Goaway said:
I hear you. It's a shame. There's more coral death here than sells. You think they'd both know. Dead don't bring in the cash.

Its the same story everywhere well atleast here in the UK anyway. They love to blame the hobbyist or demand water samples. Just look at the amount of stores that dont stock acros because generally the demand to keep them is higher. See the ones that get maricultured colonies in, I pretty much guarantee that the ones that dont sell in the first week or two will be dead in a fortnight to a month in most stores.

Goaway · May 17, 2023

Alfie said:
Its the same story everywhere well atleast here in the UK anyway. They love to blame the hobbyist or demand water samples. Just look at the amount of stores that dont stock acros because generally the demand to keep them is higher. See the ones that get maricultured colonies in, I pretty much guarantee that the ones that dont sell in the first week or two will be dead in a fortnight to a month in most stores.

That's very true. I try to go once every other week to snag any gems from the store. If I don't there dead and i refuse to buy an acro in decline. I keep hoping he gets a couple of nice millis in. But, it's all monti species this past month.
Last acro I got, green with blue tips and green polyps. Not a milli, but looks nice.