Peppermint Babies

[milhouse74]

OK all, I woke up this morning to peppermint babies in my tank. I cut off all powerheads for now, but have a fan on the tank on top to promote gas exchange. I still have my small powerhead feeding my CPR HOB refugium running though.

I only have about a dozen blue legs, a dozen assorted snails, a lettuce nudibranch, and my 3 peppermints.

Any chance of them making it?

Any tips or tricks?

Anything I should do for them?

Is the shrimps having babies a good sign about my tank?

Thanks all.

[georgiajams]

As I recall from Porter's talk last year, you'll need to feed 2, or maybe 3 times a day of ... rotifers? baby brine? And I think you have to keep them separate from the parents. Gotta clean up any uneaten food to keep the water clean...

I don't really remember the specifics, but they definitely aren't likely to make it on their own without some special care on your part (let the reading commence!).

[milhouse74]

So where can I get rotifers or baby brine?

[simon.kruger]

I dont know if its a good thing or bad thing (i'd guess good), but all i can say is well done. Congrats, i'm envious.

[milhouse74]

These guys haven't even been in my tank for too long. It was a very cool sight to see. In the dark this morning, all I could see was stuff floating aroundi n the tank. All I could think was oh no, what did the kids put in there????

Then I looked closer, very cool.