DTM61
Member
Hi all,
I'm interested to know what kind of macro life you have living in your substrate. Coming from reef tanks where the sand is crawling with various worms and pods etc and has its own interest and role to play in the system, I'm not finding much information regarding freshwater?
Is there any life down there? Is it just me staring at the sand? 😂 Reefers used to take a cup of sand from various aquariums to seed their substrate. A decent lfs would be happy to supply it for nothing. Is there not enough value in terms of fauna to do the same thing with freshwater? Or have I just missed something, or could I just seed it with some live foods to colonise before adding fish and shrimp?
We all seem to talk about bacteria, which is obviously important, I'm just interested to know if there's much else available to increase diversity? Thoughts much appreciated!
Cheers
Dan
I'm interested to know what kind of macro life you have living in your substrate. Coming from reef tanks where the sand is crawling with various worms and pods etc and has its own interest and role to play in the system, I'm not finding much information regarding freshwater?
Is there any life down there? Is it just me staring at the sand? 😂 Reefers used to take a cup of sand from various aquariums to seed their substrate. A decent lfs would be happy to supply it for nothing. Is there not enough value in terms of fauna to do the same thing with freshwater? Or have I just missed something, or could I just seed it with some live foods to colonise before adding fish and shrimp?
We all seem to talk about bacteria, which is obviously important, I'm just interested to know if there's much else available to increase diversity? Thoughts much appreciated!
Cheers
Dan