ExcitableBoy
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Hi, I have three tanks where I grow emersed plants and I'd like to add some inverts to help the decomposition process, possibly move and oxygen a bit the substrate, maybe filter the water. Something that is virtually no maintenance, doesn't need to be fed by me.
I have a few Physa marmorata which came with the plants, but I want to add something else.
Water column from the substrate is only 4 cm or so, water is still.
I was thinking about tubifex, they would be perfect since there is organic soil (not fertilized) under the akadama.
I have also found Daphnia and Asellus aquaticus on eBay.
I don't know if I could get all of these together. Probably Tubifex will eat Physa eggs, and maybe baby Daphnia. Plus I don't want to end with an excess of organic due to the deaths
I have a few Physa marmorata which came with the plants, but I want to add something else.
Water column from the substrate is only 4 cm or so, water is still.
I was thinking about tubifex, they would be perfect since there is organic soil (not fertilized) under the akadama.
I have also found Daphnia and Asellus aquaticus on eBay.
I don't know if I could get all of these together. Probably Tubifex will eat Physa eggs, and maybe baby Daphnia. Plus I don't want to end with an excess of organic due to the deaths