blue pearl shrimp
^^berried female
^^feeding on Critter Crumbs
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^^blue pearl shrimp feeding on Critter Crumbs            
^^next gen. blueberries don't pass on their colours
^^blueberries feeding on a dead fish      female with eggs feeding on algae wafer  world class algae eaters. This one is a male.
Crayfish
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Snails
a note of caution: not all fish mix well with snails
^^many livebearers are hell on snails, grazing continuously on slime, antennae and flesh.
^^the tiny Heterandria formosa cropped the antennae off these ramshorns
^^Radix sp.
The 'small' pond snail is from the same family as the much larger 'giant' pond snail,
but doesn't share it's taste for live plants.
^^red ramshorn snails (Planorbis sp.) feeding on a spirulina wafer
^^the ever-useful Malaysian Trumpet snails (aka MTS) are highly variable in colour and markings.
^^MTS feeding on a dead diffusa snail
They're mostly nocturnal with nippy fish around but visible around the clock otherwise.
A burrowing snail, they help keep the substrate fresh.
^^algae is on the menue...
^^...but don't expect perfect results. Snails nibble trails through algae, they don't clear-cut.
^^predatory Clea helena on the prowl
^^this red ramshorn managed to escape by climing on top
^^mystery snail, a livebearing Viviparid species with newly born babies
^^Viviparid mystery snail, unidentified species
^^Pomacea diffusa (spike-topped apple snail)
Pomacea diffusa, gold variety. This one has a baby ramshorn snail hitchhiker.
The dark disk on the foot seals the shell when the snail withdraws.
how to hatch apple snail eggs
please email for availability, or visit menu@stormidae
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a note of caution: not all fish mix well with snails
^^don't mix snails and nippy fish
^^small pond snails, Radix sp., feeding on Romain lettuce
The 'small' pond snail is from the same family as the much larger 'giant' pond snail,
but doesn't share it's taste for live plants.
^^the ever-useful Malaysian Trumpet snails (aka MTS) are highly variable in colour and markings.
They're mostly nocturnal with nippy fish around but visible around the clock otherwise.
A burrowing snail, they help keep the substrate fresh.
^^this red ramshorn managed to escape by climing on top
^^Viviparid mystery snail, unidentified species
The dark disk on the foot seals the shell when the snail withdraws.
how to hatch apple snail eggs
please email for availability, or visit menu@stormidae
This work by Storm is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
The best foods, Canadian made.
Bottom Bites and Critter Crumbs available at:
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