u/DragonAngel92

Variegated, sick, or damaged?

Google says it probably contains a sweet sap he wants or is thirsty but he gets misted and I have seen him drink today...is he just odd?

Its a freshwater limpet...I believe its Ferrissia fragilis as thats would fit the best with where I gathered the rocks, sticks, and other bits. They could have been in the water i gathered but its much more likely they were on the debris I grabbed.

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I didn't know freshwater limpets where a thing. I was looking at the jar after adding the red root floaters and I saw this brown thing on the glass and grabbed my phone so I could zoom in on it. My brain literally broke and said thats a limpet. I have never seen a marine limpet...ever...never been to the beach or the ocean. So I have never seen marine limpets myself but...I watch The Outdoor Boys on YouTube and they have a video showing off and talking about marine limpets. That's the only reason I knew what they were. I then went and googled what species are found in my area. From there through a process of elimination and educated guesses due to where they were found I have given them the tentative identity of Ferrissia fragilis. If anyone can actually identify them from this video that would be really cool.

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Winston-Salem, North Carolina

The first snail is actually the one I didnt know I had. The one I collected had a clean shell (the one on the leaf). The one I didnt know about has a really dirty shell. (He will be fine right?)

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The water is incredibly clear already. Everything looks so nice I'm very happy with how it looks. Now to let it mature.

Yesterday (when this video was taken) we went to this creek and gathered some water, sticks, twigs, rocks and a snail. That was all I wanted for livestock was a snail. I wanted to post the video i took this morning of how clear the water is already and it shows there are in fact 2 snails.

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They are small, black or dark brown, with a spiral pointed shell...like a Narwhal tusk.ill make another post with that video.

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Im really happy with how it looks...even in this video it looks amazing. Today it looks spectacular.

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The small dark layer is from the sediment settling out.

Fire quartz found in my back yard. Was super happy.

Its not yellow...its white...my husband said he would call it clear but not yellow. Do A. nasutum have a zebra variation?

My progress so far. Soil went in a week ago...left it occasionally fiddling with it until I liked it. Capped it today and put in the hardscape I knew I wanted. The big rock is Schist....I'm pretty sure it is. The smaller white rocks are a mix of white quartzite and white quartz and the ones with dark flecks are white granite. Google said that they are aquarium safe and shouldnt mess with the water parameters.

Soil is reptisoil. Sand is something we had laying around (play sand maybe). Rocks are from my collection for terrariums.

(Yes I collect rocks with the specific intention of adding them to builds)

Im taking this slow because I only have 1 chance to do it correct so step by step for me.

First 2 pictures are today after capping other 2 are from when I added the soil

They are coming along nicely...only a few are dark...they will get moved to the cull terrarium probably next month.

Still trying to decide if I like the spots or not. A few are very low expression for markings making them almost solid yellow...some are yellow on the front half and dark on the back half. Some are very highly marked.

Felix- "Mom no pictures...im not awake enough."

So I have 5 cats and as you can imagine its almost impossible to get them all together...let alone with my husband....I got extremely lucky but my husband's shirt is pulled up and there is an awful hole in the background. (My Grey cat picked a pin hole into a head sized hole). If someone could fix those 2 things I would be really grateful.

I unfortunately am unable to pay anything so I understand if its a long shot

This is Gork or Mork. He was in a potted plant we bought...so what is he...there was a second one....it was on its moss branch when I took this. Is it a young leopard slug?

Was moving a door mat saw this guy and snatched it up. Its quite pale it looks more orange but its a bit more pale.

Wondering if I should pull him and isolate for that nice clean back

They are about 2-3weeks old now. Growing well.....eating well...the babies seems to actually prefer bug pieces to the yeast....they will eat the yeast but they really like the bug pieces. They dont seem to be eating the moss....thank God too.

Also I know there is something plastic in the moss but until I move them to a larger bin it will have to stay as the babies congregate around it.

Can anyone tell me what she is? She isnt Porcellio scaber, Armadillidium nasutum or Armadillidium vulgare.