Re: Artemis, Day 14 carrying eggs
Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2017 3:38 pm
wash everything you put in food wise, trust me!
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In fresh or saltwater?kuza wrote:wash everything you put in food wise, trust me!
Thank you, KayedeeLove! It's hard to convey how much it means to me to come in here and see that someone is following my journey and cares enough to comment. This is such a lonely, terrifying trip. I have huge doubts every day and only brief moments of confidence. Every time someone shows that they care about what I'm trying to do, it gives me a little boost and makes it that much easier to go back and do yet another water change, or mix yet more seawater, or try yet another strategy to keep them alive another day.KayedeeLove<3 wrote:Mlakers- This truly is amazing work! If read every word in this thread! I hope this all works out!
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some explanation of her setup (based on her blog, w/ Chrome translate help).Summary:
Development of my larvae (trial 10):
Day 1 (06|25|2015): approximate 15.000-20.000 larvae
Day 7: high loses in the clear salt-water, still approximate 15.000 larvae, most of them in stage zoea 2
Day 10: stage zoea 2 and zoea 3, about 12.000 larvae
Day 13: stage zoea 3 and the first zoea 4, about 9.000 larvae
Day 16: first zoea 4, about 8.000 larvae
Day 18: first zoea 5, approximate 7.000 larvae
Day 20: first megalopa – unfortunately dead!
Day 21: counting the larvae of two tanks and estimated those of the other tank: still 5.000 larvae, 5 megalopas moved to the separate reef-tank.
Day 22: 13 more megalopas
Day 23: 21 more megalopas
Day 24: 40 more megalopas
Day 25: 45 more megalopas
Day 26: 63 more megalopas
Day 27: 15 more megalopas (together 202 so far), still 2058 larvae left (counted)
Day 28: Now the new megalopas stay in the Kreisel-tanks. First megalopas are interested in shells/houses.
Day 37: 3 megalopas in houses transferred to a water-land-transition-tank
Day 38: One animal seen on land! 23 more megalopas in houses transferred to the transition-tank. All megalopas from the Kreisel-tanks moved to the reef-tank.
Day 39: 12 more megalopas in houses transferred to the transition-tank.
Day 40: 3 more megalopas in houses transferred to the transition-tank.
Day 41: 8 miniature-crabs, which stayed on land, transferred to a separate small tank. 3 more megalopas in houses transferred to the transition-tank.
Day 42: 12 miniature-crabs, which stayed on land, transferred to the separate small tank. 4 more megalopas in houses transferred to the transition-tank.
Day 43: 3 megalopas more megalopas in houses transferred to the transition-tank.
Day 44: 2 miniature-crabs, which stayed on land, transferred to the separate small tank. 4 more megalopas in houses transferred to the transition-tank.
Day 45: 3 miniature-crabs, which stayed on land, transferred to the separate small tank. 1 more megalopa in a house transferred to the transition-tank.
Day 46: one miniature-crab, which stayed on land, transferred to the separate small tank.
Day 47: 3 more megalopas in houses transferred to the transition-tank.
Day 48: 4miniature-crabs, which stayed on land, transferred to the separate small tank.
Day 50: 2 more megalopas in houses transferred to the transition-tank. 2 miniature-crabs, which stayed on land, transferred to the separate small tank.
Day 52: 1 more megalopa in a house transferred to the transition-tank.
Day 54: 2 miniature-crabs, which stayed on land, transferred to the separate small tank. 1 more megalopa in a house transferred to the transition-tank.
Day 55: 3 miniature-crabs, which stayed on land, transferred to the separate small tank. 1 more megalopa in a house transferred to the transition-tank.
Day 58 (09|21|2015): One last megalopa without a house (!) transferred to the transition-tank.
None of the left megalopa made it one land, but at all together 40 did!!!
From this, I positively still have 24 little living and crawling hermits. That's what I last counted in there little tanks. But maybe there are some more, which are only hiding very well.
mlakers wrote:Thank you, KayedeeLove! It's hard to convey how much it means to me to come in here and see that someone is following my journey and cares enough to comment. This is such a lonely, terrifying trip. I have huge doubts every day and only brief moments of confidence. Every time someone shows that they care about what I'm trying to do, it gives me a little boost and makes it that much easier to go back and do yet another water change, or mix yet more seawater, or try yet another strategy to keep them alive another day.KayedeeLove<3 wrote:Mlakers- This truly is amazing work! If read every word in this thread! I hope this all works out!
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