I set some eggs to hatch on the windowsill, with some sun, at around 11 a.m.
This evening, I was surprised to see some whitish specks moving in there, and now this many have hatched after just over 12 hours. An LED lamp has been on over the jar since the daylight started fading.
The eggs came from an eBay seller who claimed there were 30 eggs per packet. It immediately looked like more, and I wish I had only used part of the packet starting out. I was already planning to move the shrimp into a larger container after they grow more, but that’s looking like an even better plan now!
These babies are showing some interesting unexpected behavior, visible here: “The baby shrimps of Redtail Fairy Shrimp swim right after hatching like other fairy shrimps, but sometimes they stop swimming and stay at one spot for 10 seconds to a few minutes in the day they hatched out. After the first day, they keep swimming but slower and calm, which is a very different behavior compared to other fairy shrimps.” (http://www.arizonafairyshrimp.com/redtailfairy.html)
The gently drifting specks were actually what caught my eye when I was setting up the lamp, and then they suddenly started swimming.
Wondered at first if they were OK, but that’s apparently normal behavior for these. Also an indication that they probably are redtails as advertised, from the sound of things.
I wasn’t expecting to be able to see any hatched for at least a couple of days. (And didn’t with the previous fairy shrimp of a different type.) These babies are definitely bigger than the newly hatched brine shrimp.
The sun this morning was what made me decide to go ahead and start the hatching, and it looks like maybe that did help speed things up. As you can see, the air bubbles from filling up the jar haven’t even settled out yet.
I set some eggs to hatch on the windowsill, with some sun, at around 11 a.m.
This evening, I was surprised to see some whitish specks moving in there, and now this many have hatched after just over 12 hours. An LED lamp has been on over the jar since the daylight started fading.
The eggs came from an eBay seller who claimed there were 30 eggs per packet. It immediately looked like more, and I wish I had only used part of the packet starting out. I was already planning to move the shrimp into a larger container after they grow more, but that’s looking like an even better plan now!
These babies are showing some interesting unexpected behavior, visible here: “The baby shrimps of Redtail Fairy Shrimp swim right after hatching like other fairy shrimps, but sometimes they stop swimming and stay at one spot for 10 seconds to a few minutes in the day they hatched out. After the first day, they keep swimming but slower and calm, which is a very different behavior compared to other fairy shrimps.” (http://www.arizonafairyshrimp.com/redtailfairy.html)
New project today: hatching some freshwater redtail fairy shrimp in a pickle jar.
…with surprisingly quick results! Some video uploading now.
I kept some of what I think were probably a Thai species years ago, but this is the first time for the redtails.
Stephen Parkinson, a staff member for British Prime Minister Theresa May, has outed his fellow Brexit campaigner Shahmir Sanni through an official statement from the office of 10 Downing Street, the headquarters of the UK’s government.
The release, on behalf of Parkinson, reads: “Shahmir became an occasional volunteer for Vote Leave and other leave campaigns, and we began a personal relationship. We subsequently dated for 18 months, splitting up—I thought amicably—in September 2017.”
The outing through official government documentation appears to be an attempt to distract media from startling facts Sanni had revealed about questionable, if not outright illegal, campaign strategies on behalf of the pro-Brexit group Vote Leave, for which Parkinson and Sanni had both been campaigners. The new Downing Street release appears to be responding to a revealing interview in The Guardian from Sanni detailing the group’s lawbreaking on the campaign trail.
Sanni had not been publicly out, and the government release now puts his family back in Pakistan in danger. Certain acts of homosexuality are illegal in the country.
In a statement from his lawyer, Sanni’s team says they believe this to be “the first time a Downing Street official statement has been used to out someone” and that he “is now having to come out to his mother and family tonight.” Family members in Pakistan are being “forced to take urgent protective measures to ensure their safety,“ according to the statement.
Theresa May has said in a statement through her office that she has “full confidence” in her advisor Stephen Parkinson.
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