Yearly Greenwater crash? And some updates.

[@ThreePlusKei]

Happy New Year 🎉

[@LakeMissoulaAquaticsandPlants]

Thank you, Happy New Year to you as well!🎊

[@GCaquatics]

now thats a heavily planted tank.

[@mexicalifishkeeper]

I'll have to pay attention to my green water bucket see if starts to crash now that it's my fishroom

[@SkullAquatics]

Very nice update 👍👍👍

[@LakeMissoulaAquaticsandPlants]

Thank you!

[@Aquarium_Fantasy-HF]

I am glad your tanks and you are doing well 😊 ☺️

[@LakeMissoulaAquaticsandPlants]

Thanks for watching, should have more updates coming!

[@sevcents]

Happy New Year!

[@LakeMissoulaAquaticsandPlants]

Thank you

[@ChucksFeeesh]

Happy New Year! im glad your blueberries are doing good!

[@LakeMissoulaAquaticsandPlants]

Thank you!

[@GCaquatics]

are the blue berry snails blue? cant tell because of lighting.

[@LakeMissoulaAquaticsandPlants]

Yeah, blueberry snails, too small to pick up color with my phone camera. Thanks for watching Gabriel!

[@brantonlightcap]

I’m glad the snails are breeding for you! Did you ever get confirmation on them ?

[@LakeMissoulaAquaticsandPlants]

Yes, originally I reached out to Moonlight Aquatics, took a couple months to hear back, they claim they are the Blueberry subspecies. They have been importing them from Garenelio. I reached out to Garenelio, they claim their snails have been captive bred for about a year and that they haven't experienced any contaminants. They claim the only sustainably caught snails and that any other source that came after them have almost destroyed the natural ecosystem by inialating the wild snails. I asked if I could send them a picture, they declined and asked me to compare what I have to the pictures on their site. He (Kevin) also noted their pictures are taken under multiple light spectrums to show how they look under a variety of lighting conditions. I'll have to keep an eye on them as they grow just to make sure they are not the giant blueberry snails but based on the size of the adults I received they are most likely the standard blueberry's.

[@brantonlightcap]

@ that’s good to hear Ben! Again I’m glad they’re doing well for you

[@jodip719]

Nice update Ben! How many blueberry snails did you start with?

[@LakeMissoulaAquaticsandPlants]

I started with 8. Four in that tank and four in a second tank. I've only noticed 1 baby in the other tank.

[@jodip719]

​@LakeMissoulaAquaticsandPlants Very awesome! I should have some arriving either this week or next week. I'm excited! How long have you had the snails?

[@LakeMissoulaAquaticsandPlants]

About 4 months now. Unfortunately all the adults hide in the substrate. Once I have established enough baby's, I'll probably rake through the substrate and try to get an inventory of surviving adults.

[@jodip719]

@@LakeMissoulaAquaticsandPlants oh wow, i didn't know they did that. I'll have to keep an eye on that.