Mr Bee
Member
I'm thinking of adding some MTS to my tank, and have read lots of mixed reviews about wether they are a pest or a benefit.
So I'm just posting this to try and get a broader and more specific sense of wether they are good or bad.
I have a 60L well mature tank, with 5 Neons, 6 Glowlights and ~6 RCS. A bit of live planting (spiky moss and Java fern, but only added yesterday, and only young plants) and a gravel substrate.
Basically, I've read good things, that they aerate substrate, stop gas pockets, eat any dead plant matter or uneaten food that the fish or shrimp don't find. I assume as they burrow in gravel they will eat any food bits that sink depper into it before it has a chance to rot?
I just don't want to be overrun by them to the point that the tank is full of them and I can't get rid of them. What is everyones opinion on these little dudes?
Are they 8) or are they
So I'm just posting this to try and get a broader and more specific sense of wether they are good or bad.
I have a 60L well mature tank, with 5 Neons, 6 Glowlights and ~6 RCS. A bit of live planting (spiky moss and Java fern, but only added yesterday, and only young plants) and a gravel substrate.
Basically, I've read good things, that they aerate substrate, stop gas pockets, eat any dead plant matter or uneaten food that the fish or shrimp don't find. I assume as they burrow in gravel they will eat any food bits that sink depper into it before it has a chance to rot?
I just don't want to be overrun by them to the point that the tank is full of them and I can't get rid of them. What is everyones opinion on these little dudes?
Are they 8) or are they