Hey folks
Its a way off yet (have just moved house and have a tonne of renovating to do) but to keep.myself sane i am making a planted tank plan for my 54 litre Juwel Korall.
I am really keen on trying to replicate something along these lines:
http://www.tuncalik.com/2009/09/biotope-in-my-study/
The tank will be in a south east facing window so am hoping that i wont need lighting. What appeals to me about this is the emergent planting and the ecosystem style approach. I realise that with the smaller volume there will to be a fair bit more input in terms of maintenance and feeding. I hope to have a pair or small group of dario dario.
My question is: what invertebrates could i introduce to act as a food source for the fish? Are daphnia a bit big for such a little fish? I will have leaf litter to encourage infusoria but wanted to have a couple of species of amphipod/crustacea type critters that would live in the tank but not be wiped out by the fish. Any ideas what i could get in the uk?
Any help would be appreciated
Its a way off yet (have just moved house and have a tonne of renovating to do) but to keep.myself sane i am making a planted tank plan for my 54 litre Juwel Korall.
I am really keen on trying to replicate something along these lines:
http://www.tuncalik.com/2009/09/biotope-in-my-study/
The tank will be in a south east facing window so am hoping that i wont need lighting. What appeals to me about this is the emergent planting and the ecosystem style approach. I realise that with the smaller volume there will to be a fair bit more input in terms of maintenance and feeding. I hope to have a pair or small group of dario dario.
My question is: what invertebrates could i introduce to act as a food source for the fish? Are daphnia a bit big for such a little fish? I will have leaf litter to encourage infusoria but wanted to have a couple of species of amphipod/crustacea type critters that would live in the tank but not be wiped out by the fish. Any ideas what i could get in the uk?
Any help would be appreciated