13th Baby Rabbit Snail
14th Baby Rabbit Snail
16th Baby Rabbit Snail
Rabbit Snail breeding continue at a faster pace after the transfer of all Adult to Fish Tank. Almost one Baby is born every week, not sure if it is Twin or Triplet. Lettuce had Flower, waiting for it to bear fruit to collect the seed for future planting.
Had decided to keep Mini Mexican Crayfish again, this time we keep it together with the Wild Type Primitive Crystal Shrimp. Also brought some more Neon Tetra and White Cloud Mountain Minnow to replace those which had die during the power stoppage.
Passion Fruit had Flower
Crystal Shrimp feeding on Spirulina Tablet
Rabbit Snail feeding on Spirulina Tablet
Air Plant Flower Bloom
Glass Fish Bowl
Lotus Leaf start to open after 2 weeks
17th Baby Rabbit Snail
Banana had Sprout
The Passion Fruit had Flower after about a year, but the long wait is worth the effort. It will be producing Fruit for the next 4 to 5 years, although the main purpose is to provide shelter for the Vegetable. Air Plant Flower Bloom, notice that it always happen when the weather are hot.
Happen to see Lotus Seed when I am looking for Banana Lily Seed last time, decided to give it a try. The Lotus Seed start to sprout after a day, and it had grow to a very long length in just 5 days. I found out that the life cycle is about 2 months, so I am expecting the flower to bloom in 1 month and bear Pod with Lotus Seed in 2 months.
One thing lead to another, due to my interest in Lotus Seed the shopping website start to recommend Bonsai Fruit Plant Seed to me. The Banana Tree really caught my attention as I never expect it to be able to fit into Bonsai Pot. The other plant that also caught my attention are Apple, Cherry, Kiwi, Fig, Peach as I only see very big and large version of them so far.
I also purchase some other seeds like Black Berry, Papaya, Guava, Pomegranate, Custard Apple and Sugar Cane to try out. I didn't really held high hope for the rest as I had seen the actual version before and still feel they are a bit too big for Bonsai. The only exception in this group is Pomegranate as the photo shown is similar to Apple which I had never seen before.
Lotus Leaf start to open after 2 weeks, everything is according to my expectation so far. My Sixth Aunt add some earthworm poop as fertilizer, her Lotus Leaf open more and earlier then mine. Actually I had alternate between normal tap water and aquarium water between the water change every 2 to 3 days, so it also able to absorb some nutrients from the fish poop.
Manage to find another Baby Rabbit Snail under the Drift Wood use for Java Fern, I thought it was an empty shell like one of the previous case as it is not moving at all. But when I transfer it into Shrimp Tank, it start to show its head and start crawling around. The breeding had seem to slow down back to the normal rate of about once a month, but I am not sure what is the reason that contribute to that changes.
I had decided to transfer the Lotus to Fish and shrimp Tank for easy management, I had to use the Bio Ceramic Ring to help weight it down. The Rabbit Snail seem to like sucking the sticky liquid from the seed, it had cause quite a few broken stem which unable to grow back after some observation. Just hope the remaining one will continue to grow well.
Banana had start to Sprout after about 5 days, the remaining fruits still under close observation. I will sow new seeds if they did not sprout after about a month or two depending on the type. I had order some more Lotus Seeds to start a second batch as back up, I had also send some to Cousin Iris and a Friend for them to try it in their fish pond.
Watermelon had Sprout
Sugar Cane had Sprout
Fig had Sprout
18th Baby Rabbit Snail
Watermelon had Sprout after 5 days, Sugar Cane had Sprout after 7 days and Fig had Sprout after 9 days. Most of the other fruits had not sprout, I will replant the seed at end of the month if they still doesn't show any sign of sprouting.
