Jman17H
Aquarium Advice Activist
I introduced around a hundred or so MTS to my 75 gallon planted tank as both a cleanup crew and a food source for my clan of 3-Clown loaches, 4-yoyo loaches & 3-Blue botias (I am a loach collector, I know!) a few months ago.
I think my plan backfired! The loaches do not seem to eat be eating them and some of my plants are showing signs of mauling. The MTS also do not show themselves till well after lights-out (around 10-11pm they start coming out) and have retreated back into the substrate (a mix of sand, Schultz's aquatic plant soil & medium sized gravel) by the time I wake up around 7 each morning.
I tried a trap of lettuce in a container Saturday night and did not catch a single one. I do not need to get rid of every single one but have no doubts that there are now several hundred of many different sizes from small to large.
Other than hand picking them out is there any proven method of removal?
I think my plan backfired! The loaches do not seem to eat be eating them and some of my plants are showing signs of mauling. The MTS also do not show themselves till well after lights-out (around 10-11pm they start coming out) and have retreated back into the substrate (a mix of sand, Schultz's aquatic plant soil & medium sized gravel) by the time I wake up around 7 each morning.
I tried a trap of lettuce in a container Saturday night and did not catch a single one. I do not need to get rid of every single one but have no doubts that there are now several hundred of many different sizes from small to large.
Other than hand picking them out is there any proven method of removal?