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Hi I’m hoping for some advice on adding gammarus to my 120l pea puffer tank. Am I crazy to consider adding these to a planted tank? Are they going to destroy the plants? How fast are they? Will puffers be able to keep the population under control? If they are OK to add which type are...

Question for those of you who grow your own live foods. I seeded my ember tetra tank with Daphnia and Tubifex long before adding fish and shrimp. I add spirulina powder to the tank every few days to sustain the daphnia. Initially the tetras ignored the daphnia completely as they were...

I was trying to raise daphnia. Just dipped a jar to check if I need to add more green water. The water is full of these things. Photos taken from a video as I don’t know how to add the video. Are these mosquitoes? I assume whatever these are are safe for the bigger fish. Not sure I want...

I’m learning a lot from your advice on live foods but still have questions. Thank you for all the help. I have a open topped waterbutt outside that housed an uninvited but welcome supply of daphnia and other little live foods until Hubby decided to and move it a few weeks ago. I refilled it...

I’m thinking of starting a microworm culture for my Pygmy corys and ember tetras but as my husband struggles with the smell of repashy, green and the infusoria culture I started recently I need to find the least smelly option. They really aren’t great at eating anything. They take some micro...

I’m reading ‘An alternative Aquarium: A Robust Habitat‘ by Matt Owens as it is free with my Kindle subscription. The author recommends adding pond snails, tubifex and scuds as the top three invertebrates to add as a natural part of the tank ecosystem. When I first got into the hobby I...