bumblebee shrimp survived tanksitter and topoff disaster

Sk8r

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A positive sighting this morning.

10 days ago, I had a topoff accident that delivered a 5 day supply of buffer to my perfectly buffered 52gal. Alk soared. It was a day before I left my tank to a sitter and left town for 10 days in a 105 degree heatwave.

The peppermint shrimp definitely survived. And this morning one of the fragile little bumblebees finally put in an appearance, in its usual spot, annoying my crocea clam.

Everything's nearly back to normal, kudos to the novice sitter, who followed instructions to a T.

I was sure the bumblebees were goners, thanks to my own airheadedness, forgetting that topoff unit was still plugged in during a water change. We had a rapid salinity drop and re-salt, and they lived.
 
They're neat little fellows about the size of a horsefly, tail of a dolphin [a hoot when they swim instead of crawl], stripes of a bee, and really very engaging for a nano tank.

I got mine because they nibble the feet of asterina stars and protect my coralline from their ungoverned reproduction---so they say.
 
hey Sk8r, just wondering, did you get this at a LFS or online. Been looking for these, but I have yet to see one at any LFS in my area.
 
I got them from liveaquaria.com. I didn't see them there this week, but they are the source I used. Perhaps they're seasonally available. You might call them and ask.
 
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