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 #2131  by Bat
 
Let me introduce my iberian native tank. 60 liters, Eden external filter. No heater. Plants, animals, stones and wood are collected in the wild. Water collected in a natural spring.

Flora: elodea, myriophyllum, thread algae, native moss, duckweed.
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Fauna: snails and native shrimps. We'll take a look after.
 #2135  by Bat
 
Second pic snails are ancylus fluvialitis:
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Another iberian snails living in the tank. European nerite (theodoxus):
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Melanopsis tricarinata, endemic in mediterranean rivers:
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Radix:
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 #2138  by odin
 
Oh wow those are some beautiful photos and tank mates you have there! its water change day for my freshwater tank! Thanks for the share. :happy: :sidesmile:
 #2172  by Bat
 
And european river shrimp (atyaephyra desmarestii), the queen of the tank. Younger ones and males have transparent livery...
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 #2173  by odin
 
Nice! Are the babys ones that you have bred?
 #2186  by Bat
 
mature female are amazing: colourful, everyone is different.
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 #2188  by odin
 
What difficulty are they to breed?
 #2190  by Bat
 
Odin, captive breeding is hard. Newborn pass for different larval stages. In my tanks survive only 4/5 days. But I keep trying.

Two days old larvae. Length 1mm.
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 #2192  by opae ula related
 
Did you take pic of larvae? Have other people successfully breed them? Do you think they are not surviving because they are not getting particularly foods?