Recent content by warthog76za

My Amano and RC Shrimp ended up cleaning the outside shell of the Apple Snail lol

Mine didnt bother for a few months...then I also started feed tank less, so the fish got just the right amount and not much excess food went all over the tank, then the Assassin snails went from waiting for freebees...to actually hunting down the pond snails! Other option, drop a slice of...

With Assassin snails you have to be patient, I was also like you when I had them and thought, "right, now start eating!!" it takes a while but when they get the taste of Pond snail they will run through that population in no time! Now I actually have to ask friends who have excess snails to give...

Actually had a bad algae problem earlier this year, was looking around for various algae eaters and eventually settled for a pair of Hillstream Loaches, I wonder if they ever rest they always...ALWAYS eating, now my tank is near spotless and theyve even cleaned the vents of filter :lol: A few...

One of my Pepper Corys had the very symptom which was that bulge on the head, it then went on to him showing signs of pop eye and then it was sadly downhill from there, no matter how much I tried medicating it as well as seeing that water was always clean. I hope your one is doing better than...

They going to do a lot of rearrangement in that tank lol, they just love digging, (I have numerous Cherax Lorentzi crayfish) they seem to make their own "landscapes" after one has layed out the tank for them. That said, great pets to have, they will bury their exoskeleton even some of their...

Last September I bought my first crayfish pair, 2 months later, she had a clutch of babies, I thought fine, I can deal with it, about 6survived and I gave some to friends as gifts, But now its like every 2 months my "breeding" female has clutches of eggs and its getting to a point where even...

My personal rule of thumb is about when theyve aged 4-6 weeks, to where they get to the size where are tougher for the mature guppys to catch and cant be gobbled up that easily, I normally have Java moss, etc for them to hide( if need be) but normally after a day or so the older ones get fed up...

I find my crayfish behaviour amusing, with every water change I will rearrange decorations and make the bottom, nice and flat....24 hours later, it looks like the surface of the moon.... dug holes all over the place. The male crayfish, after he molts is a bit like a dog, he will bury the...

I have a Orange Rabbit Snail very beautiful on the eye and not a nuisance. I used to have a Nerite pair but the female was laying eggs all over the tank (and since it cant hatch in freshwater you have these white specs on everything), even on my poor Rabbit Snail. Eventually donated them to my...

I think you after the Cherax Lorentzi. I bought a pair, June 2012, by December 2012, got the first brood. Now I have about 4 in a baby home and 6 babies living in the main tank (with good hiding place) Awesome pets to have!!!!:thumb:

Actually donated my Nerite Snails to my kids kindergarten was getting annoyed of the constant scraping off eggs every week, they were even laying eggs on my Orange Rock Snail, that was the last straw. Now I have 6 Apple Snails (Golden, Pink and Blue 2 of Each), they all do a thorough job of...

Later you should also try Gabon Shrimp, also a very interesting looking filter feeder. Ive got a pair and they are hilarious to watch.

Amano and Cherry shrimp thrive by me, the minute I try stuff like CRS or Tiger Shrimp, they die after 2 weeks:(

My Amanos end up feeding from the filter intakes they love it. lol