WOW, all I can say is WOW!
is that a man balloon next to the dead/dying fish? :barf:
lol ew
Snail hunting for Sounguru
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Sounguru
Guru at being an expert
Possiable ID on these guys.
Pleurocera acuta Rafinesque, 1831 (sharp hornsnail)
Habitat: Freshwater rivers and streams.
Life History: Can reach 37 mm in length; 14 whorls; likes to burrow in sand and mud; eggs laid in the spring.
Native Range: Ohio River and Great Lakes drainages; Mississippi River west to Kansas and Nebraska.
Nonindigenous Range: Lower Hudson River drainage and Oneida Lake in New York.
Impacts: Unknown.
Comments: This species is listed as threatened in some Midwestern states. Probably introduced via the Erie Canal.
Information borrowed from here
Pleurocera acuta Rafinesque, 1831 (sharp hornsnail)
Life History: Can reach 37 mm in length; 14 whorls; likes to burrow in sand and mud; eggs laid in the spring.
Native Range: Ohio River and Great Lakes drainages; Mississippi River west to Kansas and Nebraska.
Nonindigenous Range: Lower Hudson River drainage and Oneida Lake in New York.
Impacts: Unknown.
Comments: This species is listed as threatened in some Midwestern states. Probably introduced via the Erie Canal.
Information borrowed from here
Sounguru
Guru at being an expert
Both of them? They were reeeealy different looking. The dead one is probably a LMB, but the one in the water was something different. It almost looked koi-like.
A few more photos before I shipped them out! There seemed to be at least 3 kinds of physids. There may be more than one kind of pleurocerid, but it's hard to tell with all that macrophytic algae.
Physid type 1: Yellow
Physid type 2: Brown
Physid type 3: Spotted
These physids may be the same species, just different colors. I don't really know. I like the yellow ones though.
Pleurocerid, rocking the macrophytic algae. I wonder if they have some kind of relationship? None of the physas have algae on them like these guys do.
And, one of those little fish fry has actually lived, so now I'm not sure what to do with him. He seems to be doing fine right now in a bucket with treated tap water and some river water. I'm guessing he feeds on planktonic critters, so I'll have to replenish his supply. I put a couple of almond leaves in there also, to encourage plankton and algae growth. I have a sponge filter, but no air pump. I'll have to see if I can scrounge up a super cheap or RAOK air pump. He'll probably die anyway, but I'd feel bad releasing him after tramatizing him, since he would be easy pickings. If I can get him up to an inch or more, I'll let him go.
So, here is Fry's home for now!
What's that? You don't see him? Imagine a compass. Look in the WSW area of the bucket.
Still don't see him? How about I get a little closer...
See him? Right in the middle? He looks like a line with 2 black dots for eyes. Still a little hard to see? Fine, one more closeup.
I KNOW you can see him now. He was the smallest of the bunch, and the only one to survive.
I guess we'll see what happens with Fry.
Physid type 1: Yellow
Physid type 2: Brown
Physid type 3: Spotted
These physids may be the same species, just different colors. I don't really know. I like the yellow ones though.
Pleurocerid, rocking the macrophytic algae. I wonder if they have some kind of relationship? None of the physas have algae on them like these guys do.
And, one of those little fish fry has actually lived, so now I'm not sure what to do with him. He seems to be doing fine right now in a bucket with treated tap water and some river water. I'm guessing he feeds on planktonic critters, so I'll have to replenish his supply. I put a couple of almond leaves in there also, to encourage plankton and algae growth. I have a sponge filter, but no air pump. I'll have to see if I can scrounge up a super cheap or RAOK air pump. He'll probably die anyway, but I'd feel bad releasing him after tramatizing him, since he would be easy pickings. If I can get him up to an inch or more, I'll let him go.
So, here is Fry's home for now!
What's that? You don't see him? Imagine a compass. Look in the WSW area of the bucket.
Still don't see him? How about I get a little closer...
See him? Right in the middle? He looks like a line with 2 black dots for eyes. Still a little hard to see? Fine, one more closeup.
I KNOW you can see him now. He was the smallest of the bunch, and the only one to survive.
I guess we'll see what happens with Fry.
Sounguru
Guru at being an expert
Now all I need is several 10 gallon tanks to keep them all seperate.....
Sweet batch can't wait to see how many make it and what they look like with my own eyes.
Sweet batch can't wait to see how many make it and what they look like with my own eyes.
