u/Nurse_Spooky

It only took me drowning a few hundred of them before I finally got them established in my tanks. 😅

Sample taken from a freshwater aquarium. Trying to ID the meiofauna in view, but I am on vacation and don’t have any of my microscopes.

2.5-2.8x magnification. iPhone 16 Pro Max 48 MP Fusion. Thank you in advance!

They’re hanging out in a floating breeder box for a few hours while I rescape my fry tank this afternoon and dear god they are voracious.

And all the rest were left behind, so I’ve got a tank full of sinners.

This was right after adding the group to the tank.
I have trouble telling if the little fellas have enough in their bellies! I slathered Repashy Soilent green on a few stones and released some live baby brine shrimp into the stream.

8 out of the 12 I have are currently doing this and I expect the others may follow. Their rhizomes have never been buried and are not covered in glue, algae, etc. The leaves remain healthy but detach from the rhizome as it turns to mush. I’ve kept several leaves out of curiosity and they are still healthy over a month after detaching. The anubias are in an area with plenty of nutrient flow and moderate to high light. I use Nilcog AIO fertilizer. All of my other plants are thriving and I have over 2 dozen species of plant in this tank. These are the only ones failing. The only thing I can think of is that their roots are not buried in soil, but I have hundreds of anubias across all of my tanks and maybe a third of them are rooted in soil, the rest are up high.

Water parameters:
pH 7.6
Nitrites: 0 ppm
Nitrates: 15 ppm
Ammonia: 0 ppm
KH: 100 ppm
GH: 180 ppm
Temps: 76-78 F

Any input is appreciated.

Picked up some new julis and they are so damn cute.

For context, ghost shrimplets will typically die within a few days of hatching in freshwater if not transferred to brackish.

They said it’ll take anywhere from 2-4 weeks from today to get results back.