Yeah, deep substrates without someone rooting around in them to aerate can be a time bomb. I got (un)lucky and have a massive malaysian trumpet snail population that keeps the bottom well churned. They’re considered a pest but I’ve recruuted some assassin snails and we have a spotted congo puffer that loves his crunchy snacks.
All the little white shells you see along the bottom here are trumpet snails. My substrate is a writhing mass:
I have a video of it moving but lemmy wasn’t letting me copy paste it like I can with pics.
On vacation with no pics of the sump on my phone but below are Fishadelphia (where It’s Always Sunny) 75g, Lady and Her Shramps 20g, and the School of Rock 125g:
Thanks! I didn’t know they were large until we had a visit from the local fish store for some maintenance help with the marine tank. 12 and 13 inchss puts then at the top end for tank raised dojos, so we’re doing something right.
They’re such fun fish. They’ll swim right up to your hand and let you pet them.
Yeah, deep substrates without someone rooting around in them to aerate can be a time bomb. I got (un)lucky and have a massive malaysian trumpet snail population that keeps the bottom well churned. They’re considered a pest but I’ve recruuted some assassin snails and we have a spotted congo puffer that loves his crunchy snacks.
All the little white shells you see along the bottom here are trumpet snails. My substrate is a writhing mass:
I have a video of it moving but lemmy wasn’t letting me copy paste it like I can with pics.
On vacation with no pics of the sump on my phone but below are Fishadelphia (where It’s Always Sunny) 75g, Lady and Her Shramps 20g, and the School of Rock 125g:
Nice loaches
Thanks! I didn’t know they were large until we had a visit from the local fish store for some maintenance help with the marine tank. 12 and 13 inchss puts then at the top end for tank raised dojos, so we’re doing something right.
They’re such fun fish. They’ll swim right up to your hand and let you pet them.