JUST Got My FIRST Cleanup Crew!!!

mimzy

mimzy

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Hi all!!! Ohmigosh I'm so excited I could pass out - HAD to tell you all SOON as I got home... I got 4 Astrea snails, 5 redlegged hermits (teeeeeny guys!!) and a Camelback shrimp!!!
They are all so awesome!!! They're sitting in their bags floating in my aquarium...18 miutes down, 7 minutes to go...then into the bucket for the drippy-drip!!!

:jumping: :happy: :joy: :joy: :happy: :jumping:
...Of course, I'm taking pix. I'll post them when everyone's safely in the tank a couple hours from now!!!
Happy dance happy dance...la la la la laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
 
celacanthr

celacanthr

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thats great mimzy!
i wont be able to until my birthday the 23rd (because thats when im gonna come into the money, and thats when my diy live rock should be ready!)
isnt it weird how even without fish we stare at our tank(as i stare at the bubblesgoin up the water column)
 
hot883

hot883

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Originally Posted by Mimzy
Hi all!!! Ohmigosh I'm so excited I could pass out - HAD to tell you all SOON as I got home... I got 4 Astrea snails, 5 redlegged hermits (teeeeeny guys!!) and a Camelback shrimp!!!
They are all so awesome!!! They're sitting in their bags floating in my aquarium...18 miutes down, 7 minutes to go...then into the bucket for the drippy-drip!!!

:jumping: :happy: :joy: :joy: :happy: :jumping:
...Of course, I'm taking pix. I'll post them when everyone's safely in the tank a couple hours from now!!!
Happy dance happy dance...la la la la laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Mimzy, I laugh everytime I read your posts just because of your enthusiasm. Not knocking it, (thinks it great)! I love my hermits. I have 25 blue leg, 4 red or scarlet, 4 astrea snails, 25 nassasarius (sp) and a sea star, 1 peppermint shrimp, and 1 skunk or cleaner shrimp. That's just the inverts list. Love to watch them work
 
mimzy

mimzy

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thanx for commenting guys...I'm so excited... it's so much fun to be able to share this stuff. :happy:
What do I do once the drip time is over...just pick em up and put em in the tank? :notsure:
all the instructions I get are very detailed about how to drip and how long... but no one tells u how to get em from the bucket in to the tank!!
 
hot883

hot883

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Originally Posted by Mimzy
thanx for commenting guys...I'm so excited... it's so much fun to be able to share this stuff. :happy:
What do I do once the drip time is over...just pick em up and put em in the tank? :notsure:
all the instructions I get are very detailed about how to drip and how long... but no one tells u how to get em from the bucket in to the tank!!

I net everything and release into the tank. I make sure that all of them are flipped upright and of course I always turn my lights off whenevr I add anything.
 
mimzy

mimzy

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Alright all..here r the pix I promised!!
First is all thebaggies floating in the tank 4 temp. acclimation, 2nd is all the crew members in the bucket, 3rd is the mess my livingroom was while I was acclimating, 4th is a hermie chomping away...more to come in a sec!!!
(P.S. yes, Exile, I know about camels and corals...I understand it's mostly polyps I've got to be concerned about - don't worry, I'll keep him well fed)




 
mimzy

mimzy

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OK, here are the more:
snails makin trouble (on the powerhead ALREADY!!!)

and Scooter, my Camelback shrimp :jumping:



 
mimzy

mimzy

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thanx Jam & Exile!! I could look at these guys all night....
in fact...
I have!! :hilarious
Time for bed!! More ogling and probably more pix 2morrow!! :jumping:
So happy to be FINALY on my way :happy:
 
S

sinner's girl

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I love inverts! Day 6 passed for us, everyone is doing good.
The cc star is on the front glass, so I gave it a piece of seaweed. It looks so cool! little cups sucking to the glass. She (I always call the inverts males, this one is she). moved the seaweed and ate it. So cool.
This cbs is so much nice than our last one, this one can get along with others and doesn't need half the tank.
Have fun with your crew. They are great fun to watch.
 
hot883

hot883

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Thanks for the pics. Mimzy, they look great. My snails go onto the HOB filter tube all the time. It's even better in the A.M. when I turn the lights on, THEY ARE EVERYWHERE! Ha! Love to watch em work.
 
sweetdawn

sweetdawn

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inverts are cool. when the tank looks all still drop in some food and they all start scampering around trying to get some
 
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