Food, feeding schedules, biofilm, and balanced nutrition.
How often do Sulawesi shrimp need prepared food? Not daily: in an established tank, Sulawesi shrimp (Caridina spp.) spend the whole day grazing the biofilm and algae already growing on rock, glass and substrate, and prepared food is only aā¦
Standing over a new rabbit snail with a food tub, unsure what to drop in? Mostly nothing: rabbit snails (Tylomelania) spend most of the day rasping biofilm, aufwuchs and algae off rock, wood and glass, and that layer, not theā¦
Yes, vampire crabs need dense cover, and plants are the easiest way to give it. The plants don’t have to be live. What your crabs need is somewhere dark to sit out the day, things to climb and damp air,ā¦
Never once seen your vampire crab eat? It’s probably eating fine, just at night and out of sight, because a vampire crab (Geosesarma) mostly feeds after dark and food set out in the evening goes missing overnight. So check theā¦
Your vampire crabs are in the tank, and now they need a menu. Feed vampire crabs (Geosesarma) small live, frozen or dried animal food, such as fruit flies, bloodworms or dried insect larvae, plus vegetables or a little fruit. Keepā¦
Will a rabbit snail keep your tank clean for you? Only partly: a rabbit snail (Tylomelania sp.) grazes the thin film of algae and biofilm that grows on rock, glass and substrate, and some species will eat most things theyā¦
Can a rabbit snail have cucumber? Yes, a rabbit snail (Tylomelania sp.) will usually eat a peeled, softened slice sunk where it can reach it, parking on top and rasping away. Just don’t count it as a meal, because cucumberā¦
That slippery brown film on your rock and glass, is it really food for your rabbit snail? Yes, rabbit snails (Tylomelania sp.) graze the biofilm that grows over rock, wood and glass, and that grazing is the feeding mode theā¦
Is that zucchini in your fridge safe to give your rabbit snail? Yes: a rabbit snail (Tylomelania sp.) will usually graze a slice of blanched zucchini, and plain zucchini carries nothing that can harm it. Treat it as an occasionalā¦
You’ve got a tub of fish food on the shelf and a rabbit snail (Tylomelania sp.) working its way across the sand. Yes, it’ll eat that food: drop a sinking pellet or an algae wafer near it and a rabbitā¦
Why would a rabbit snail crawl straight past blanched zucchini, a cube of Repashy and an algae pellet? Most often because it’s already fed. Rabbit snails (Tylomelania sp.) are grazers that rasp the thin film of algae and biofilm offā¦
You’ve got a planted tank and a rabbit snail on the way, and you’d like the plants to still be standing in a month. You can make chewing far less likely by letting the tank do the work: a thickā¦
