Upgrading Zoidberg's tank!

[MatthewM1]

Yeah that makes sense I guess not much light gets down to them buried under rocks,i wasn't sure if they needed a night/day cycle

[deranged chipmunk]

the guys i know, keep them with plants that have heavy root structures, like swords, crypts, vals, and a few others. but the plants are allowed to establish themselves for a month or two before they add the crays. believe me, you leave a sword plant in a tank for a month or two for it's roots to establish, and a human has a hard enough time uprooting them...lol when i broke down my 125 for the first time, i had a sword in there for a year. i had to cut it out. when i removed the substrate, the root structure covered half of the tank.
if you want easy, quick growing live plants as floaters, anacharis is cheap, sold at the chain pet stores and is really only good for feeding animals (imho)

[HerpDerp]

Well that makes more sense. And I'm assuming your planted tanks also have a better substrate than rocks or sand lol. I actually had thought of going to some local wetlands that don't come in contact with pollutants and taking some native plants for my tank. Of course I would have to wait until spring, but I think it would really tie the "native" idea together. I might try some free floating types so they can't really be uprooted. Duckweed would look cool, as would water lilies (as long as he doesn't snip the stems). There are just so many possibilities with my new tank . It may not be the dwarf cichlid tank of my dreams but it sure will be fun.

[deranged chipmunk]

there are no water lilies small enough for your tank you can put some amazon frogbit in there to simulate it though. duckweed is the planted tank equivalent to herpes, you never get rid of it. i can toss some in an envelope and send it to you if you like.

and dwarf cichlids are over rated...lol i have had Kribensis and electric blue and german rams. ehhh.....i'll take my tetras, rainbows and other small fishies over those any day....LOL

[HerpDerp]

You know, It didn't occur to me that water lilies get huge lol. I would LOVE some duck weed actually. I think it would be the perfect substitute for rooted plants. And zoidberg would love munching on it I'm sure.

I used to have kribs and rams in a tank together actually! Kribs aren't that great, but I LOVED my ram (only one survived). They're sensitive, but they have awesome attitude. I kept him with tetras. He would "school" with them and then suddenly chase them away. Lots of fun to watch lol.

[HerpDerp]

duckweed is the planted tank equivalent to herpes, you never get rid of it. i can toss some in an envelope and send it to you if you like.

My boyfriend just read this and said, "So some guy wants to give you herpes?" LOL That was my good chuckle for the day.

[Heatheranne]

Ha ha ha!!!!

[NatureLady]

duckweed is the planted tank equivalent to herpes, you never get rid of it.

LOL BILL! I would say that if you take plants from a wetland you would have the second worse thing...pond snails.

[deranged chipmunk]

hahaha......laugh all you want Amanda, did i neglect to tell you my aquatics and marginals come with free, all you can breed snails?? you might even with the luck of the draw and have a malaysian trumpet snail baby in there

[HerpDerp]

LOL So really what you're saying is free cray food? :P The more the merrier, I say!

[deranged chipmunk]

then michelle, you'll be in luck, when i send you the duckweed, i'll make sure i toss in a few mini pond snails and a couple egg sacs. Zoidberg will be snacking for weeks....LOL

[HerpDerp]

LOL I'll be sure to post some pictures once I get the duckweed in!

[HerpDerp]

I came home from work to baby guppies! . I'm curious to see how many survive!

[deranged chipmunk]

Good for you!! I came home to find several shrimp that were pregnant

[Heatheranne]

Snack time! Ha ha!

[HerpDerp]

Well Zoidberg fails as a crayfish. I don't think he's eaten a single baby guppy. The parents have munched on them more! Now I just need to figure out what to do with excessive guppy populations... haha.

[HerpDerp]

The duckweed and snails from Bill arrived safely last night. There were a couple extra bits of plant in there too . I tried to keep them out of Zoidberg's reach but he already discovered one. The other one seems safe though. Once I get the light for I'll be able to take some good pictures of it. That will also give the duckweed a chance to explode!

[deranged chipmunk]

Glad to hear the plants made it there safely. Did the snails survive? That duckweed will grow insanely for you once you put a light over it. I don't remember adding any plants, but i have been known to just start tossing things in bags....lol

[HerpDerp]

I'm pretty sure ALL of the snails survived. I was pretty impressed by that lol. The plants were really small. You probably didn't even notice them. One of them is less than an inch tall and kind of looks like Amazon sword or java fern not sure which. The other one is like a viney looking thing... but it's half eaten now LOL. I can't wait to see the duckweed grow!

[ab positive bulldogs]

LOVE THE NAME! LOL! Cool pet...I've been looking for a crayfish for my snapping turtle...i hear they like them as treats...LOL