Jump to content

Fruit tree leaves test

revolutionhope

By revolutionhope
in Food & Nutrition

 Share

Recommended Posts

revolutionhope Shrimp Master

revolutionhope

Posted
Posted

From left to right-

Apple cherry guava grape and (peach or nectarine I think!)

Treatment method -

Rinsed thoroughly, froze overnight, removed from freezer and soaked in container outside tank for a few hours then placed in tank. Most leaves fully sank by themselves but a few required a tiny bit of help.

I picked one older and one newer leaf from each tree for this test.

I will post a couple of update of how things are going in the coming days.

There is bountiful food in the tank due to having fed snow not long ago and then just now recently doing a gravel vac which always brings up lots of goodness for the shrimps to munch too!

62532908e749dd8914c54deb9df972ed.jpg

[emoji173] [emoji111]

Will

  • Like 4
Link to comment
Share on other sites
jayc Shrimp Guru

jayc

Posted
Posted

Cool! an experiment!

Love these sort of posts.

You don't have mulberry leaves?  or ial?

Link to comment
Share on other sites
revolutionhope Shrimp Master

revolutionhope

Posted
  • Author
Posted

I am putting in mulberry and spinach today; I had somehow forgotten I had those plants! I have IAL but there is already some in the tank as well as all of those other leaves. The problem is that I keep forgetting which is which and they're even harder to identify once they're decomposing!

I'm hoping to learn which leaves become accessible faster which are better for longer term, which are most popular and which are the least messy. IAL is already very well documented we know this is great for long long term use.

[emoji173] [emoji111]
Will

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites
jayc Shrimp Guru

jayc

Posted
Posted

You can weigh it down with a small rock or mineral ball.

That way the leaves should stay in the same spot, so you can identify them more easily, even when decomposed.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
revolutionhope Shrimp Master

revolutionhope

Posted
  • Author
Posted

Happy Christmas!

Shrimps are digging the (older) apple leaf now - this is two days after placing in the tank. The spinach which I dropped in more than 24 hours later is happily being eaten within less than a full day.

e2b68b0adc3a52cdf65b140b8d14dfde.jpg

0c7b77ba8cf7e5f8c109918ad8e4355c.jpg

368058fa06787838d4d91d2494994757.jpg
[emoji173] [emoji111]
Will



Link to comment
Share on other sites
revolutionhope Shrimp Master

revolutionhope

Posted
  • Author
Posted

dcc306126fcf85892e71ff56ac201a52.jpg

One apple leaf down! The younger apple leaf is just being started on now.

Shrimps seem to be keener on algae and random biofilm etc for the most part but it is early days and in the past all of these leaves have been devoured given time so it will be interesting to see which variety is taken to next.

[emoji173] [emoji111]

Will


  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites
revolutionhope Shrimp Master

revolutionhope

Posted
  • Author
Posted

@jayc they are starting on the mulberry this afternoon which is a similar length of time as it took them to start eating the apple. I might do a side by side apple vs mulberry in the next week or 2 :-)

Apple
48e264095c87043424942646bb540054.jpg
Mulberry
5085b1d138a1d202e0e5c8f1ba0fc71d.jpg

There's a little bit of renewed interest in the grape as well as the other leaves now. I've a suspicion that in the following day or two they will *all* start to get proper munched but time will tell.


  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites
revolutionhope Shrimp Master

revolutionhope

Posted
  • Author
Posted

Peach/nectarine/?
2378090ad2a5575c8f55bc35201eb765.jpg

One cherry leaf all gone. Other mostly left alone. No idea why!
41753ee4289035eb8858ce687db571d0.jpg

Mulberry slowly being picked at too.
97e29ecd4fc76b56612bcf64a352be3f.jpg

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing

  • Join Our Community!

    Register today, ask questions and share your shrimp and fish tank experiences with us!

  • Must Read SKF Articles

    Shrimp Disease and Treatment
    Tibee, Taitbee, Pinto, Mischling, F1, F2

  • Tropical Fish Forum
    Discus Breeding Guide
    Discus Disease and Treatment Guide

  • Posts

    • ngoomie
      Shrimp and meds containing gentian violet

      By ngoomie · Posted

      Alright, I've done a bit more research on gentian violet's cancer-causing potential but I haven't yet done research on malachite green's to compare. But from reading the California propositon 65 document about GV (North Americans incl. some Canadians will recognize this as the law that causes some products they buy to be labelled with "known to the state of California to cause cancer", including the exact product I bought) it seems that the risk of cancer is related to internal use, either injection or ingestion. Speaking of ingestion, I think GV bans mainly relate to its use in treating fish/shrimp/etc. which are intended for human consumption, because of the above. And in countries where GV isn't banned for this purpose, it does seem to get used on various species of shrimp without causing any issue for the shrimp themselves (at least enough so for shrimp farming purposes). See the following: In February, the FDA Began Rejecting Imported Shrimp for Gentian Violet and Chloramphenicol (2022 article by Southern Shrimp Alliance) FDA Starts New Calendar Year by Refusing Antibiotic-Contaminated Shrimp from Three BAP-Certified Indian Processors and Adding a BAP-Certified Vietnamese Processor to Import Alert (2024 article by Southern Shrimp Alliance) Southern Shrimp Alliance and some other organizations have tons of other articles in this vein, but I'd be here for a while and would end up writing an absolutely massive post if I were to link every instance I found of articles mentioning shrimp shipments with gentian violet and/or leucogentian violet registering as contaminants. That being said, I know shrimp farmed for consumption and dwarf shrimp are often somewhat distantly related (in fact, the one time a shrimp's species name is listed that I can see, it's the prawn sp. Macrobrachium rosenbergii, who at best occupies the same infraorder as Neocaridina davidi but nothing nearer), but this at least gives a slightly better way of guessing whether it will be safe for aquarium dwarf shrimp or not than my bladder snail anecdote from the OP.
    • sdlTBfanUK
      Shrimp molting before eggs are hatched

      By sdlTBfanUK · Posted

      I would hazard a guess that perhaps those eggs were unfertilized and thereby unviable? Did the eggs change colour, usually yellow to grey as the yolks used up, or any eyes in the eggs. Is your water ok, using RO remineralised and the parameters in range, as I have heard others say that if the water isn't good it can 'force' a molt? How is it going overall, do you have a good size colony in the tank, you may have reached 'maximum occupancy' as a tank can only support so many occupants.
    • beanbag
      Shrimp molting before eggs are hatched

      By beanbag · Posted

      Hello folks,  The current problem I am having is that my Taiwan bee shrimp are molting before all their eggs have hatched.  Often the shrimp keep the eggs for 40+ days.  During that time, they lose about half or so, either due to dropping or duds or whatever.  Shortly before molting they look to have about a dozen left, and then they molt with about half a dozen eggs still on the shell.  Then the other shirmp will come and eat the shell.  These last few times, I have been getting around 0-3 surviving babies per batch.  I figure I can make the eggs hatch faster by raising the water temperature more (currently around 68F, which is already a few degrees higher than I used to keep it) or make the shrimp grow slower by feeding them less (protein).  Currently I feed Shrimp King complete every other day, and also a small dab of Shrimp Fit alternating days.  Maybe I can start alternating with more vegetable food like mulberry?  or just decrease the amount of food?
    • ngoomie
      Shrimp and meds containing gentian violet

      By ngoomie · Posted

      Yeah, cancer risk was a thing I'd seen mentioned a lot when looking into gentian violet briefly. I kinda just figured it might only be as bad as the cancer risk of malachite green as well, but maybe I should look into it more. I've been doing a pretty good job of not getting it on my skin and also avoiding dunking my unprotected hands into the tank water while treating my fish at least, though. Maybe I'll just not use it once I'm done this course of medication anyways, because I know a store I can sometimes get to that's pretty distant carries both malachite green and methylene blue, and in pretty large quantities.
    • jayc
      Shrimp and meds containing gentian violet

      By jayc · Posted

      Can't help you with Gentian Violet, sorry. It is banned in Australia violet for potential toxicity, and even possible cancer risks. I thought it was banned in Canada as well. At least, you now know why there isn't much info on gentian violet medication and it's use. But keep an eye on the snails after a week. If it affects the snails, it might not kill them immediately. So keep checking for up to a week. Much safer options out there. No point risking your own life over unsafe products.
×
×
  • Create New...