Here's a few update pics
Overhead shot
One of the ponds made with a large reptile dish. Not sure why but I have to fill them from 1/2 to full everyday, could the emergent aquatics actually transpire that much water everyday? They're 1" thick faux stone dishes made of plastic resin so they aren't leaking...
One of the amps I think this is a seed grown from MT
Ampullaria "x harlequin", some have said mine is not the real harlequin, I don't care so much, I love the pitchers for some reason they make me think of the song "Sunset Superman" by DIO...
Caught in the act, almost, here is a newly molted female (R) and her shell in the water (L) looks like a dead crab doesn't it? I've thrown out several of these "carcasses" that look just like this, so perhaps I have actually only lost that first male crab who died the day the group arrived and the rest I've tossed were molts. If this gal starts wandering tonight I'm going to move her to a new enclosure I've had setup for a while now and then capture a male for her from the group. It's easier to keep an eye on them in pairs in 10 gallons. This molt is the first time I've seen any crabs in the amp tank in several weeks! LOL
Overhead shot
One of the ponds made with a large reptile dish. Not sure why but I have to fill them from 1/2 to full everyday, could the emergent aquatics actually transpire that much water everyday? They're 1" thick faux stone dishes made of plastic resin so they aren't leaking...
One of the amps I think this is a seed grown from MT
Ampullaria "x harlequin", some have said mine is not the real harlequin, I don't care so much, I love the pitchers for some reason they make me think of the song "Sunset Superman" by DIO...
Caught in the act, almost, here is a newly molted female (R) and her shell in the water (L) looks like a dead crab doesn't it? I've thrown out several of these "carcasses" that look just like this, so perhaps I have actually only lost that first male crab who died the day the group arrived and the rest I've tossed were molts. If this gal starts wandering tonight I'm going to move her to a new enclosure I've had setup for a while now and then capture a male for her from the group. It's easier to keep an eye on them in pairs in 10 gallons. This molt is the first time I've seen any crabs in the amp tank in several weeks! LOL