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	Looking to add some invertabrates to my tank
Graphite Fingerling Posts: 45 Kudos: 34 Votes: 0 Registered: 20-Jul-2004	Well im looking to add a invertabrate to my tank to make it more of a variety community tank. The following fish is what I am getting 8 tiger barbs 5 cardinal tetras 2 blue gouramis 1 bristlenose pleco 6 ornate cory cat what would go great with these guys, have some movement or fascinating in some way and wont eat/kill my fish.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:27
Klee Banned Posts: 420 Kudos: 307 Votes: 0 Registered: 25-May-2004	I'd suggest plain ol' snails, or amano/ghost shrimp.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:27
Graphite Fingerling Posts: 45 Kudos: 34 Votes: 0 Registered: 20-Jul-2004	Yeah, I was thinking about adding 1 apple snail and about 4 ghost shrimp.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:27
fish1 Banned Posts: 1727 Kudos: 1910 Votes: 58 Registered: 09-May-2004	Dont get ghost shrimp usally they dont last long. get wood shrimp bamboo shrimp or whatever or get like the jumbo ghost shrimp which is big enough to feed for himself and mabe some burrowing snails.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:27
Graphite Fingerling Posts: 45 Kudos: 34 Votes: 0 Registered: 20-Jul-2004	What are exactly burrowing snails? I have sand so it should be good to have some so toxic waste dont build up.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:27
trystianity Mega Fish Posts: 1028 Kudos: 926 Votes: 49 Registered: 20-Mar-2004	Malaysian Trumpet Snails are always a good choice to keep your sand moving around. I would also lean away from ghost shrimp as most LFS's tend to sell them as feeders and they never seem to be in great coindition. With inverts, it's always good to pay a few extra dollars to get a good quality pet.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:27
Graphite Fingerling Posts: 45 Kudos: 34 Votes: 0 Registered: 20-Jul-2004	Where can I find malaysian snails from? My LFS doesn't have it so i might have to order them from the LFS
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:27
jake Fish Addict Posts: 594 Kudos: 875 Votes: 2 Registered: 21-Mar-2004	You can get them all day long on Aquabid, sometimes with free shipping to boot. I have them in my heavily planted 75 gallon, and they are great for moving the substrate around a bit. I never see them until the lights go off, another plus. In that particular tank, I want to see the aquascape and plants, not snails stuck to the side, so it works out well.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:27
Graphite Fingerling Posts: 45 Kudos: 34 Votes: 0 Registered: 20-Jul-2004	Damn that site everyone is selling at least 5+ snails, Im trying to find something smaller in quanity D:
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:27
Klee Banned Posts: 420 Kudos: 307 Votes: 0 Registered: 25-May-2004	MTS are tiny. You'll need a good deal more than five. Also, bamboo shrimp, in the presence of such large robust fishes and cories will be outcompeted for food, and unless you want to douse your aquarium with plankton daily, will likely starve.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:27
Graphite Fingerling Posts: 45 Kudos: 34 Votes: 0 Registered: 20-Jul-2004	what do I do with the others ones If I buy more then one? take em to the LFS?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:27
fish1 Banned Posts: 1727 Kudos: 1910 Votes: 58 Registered: 09-May-2004	Yep you could give them to your lfs. About the bamboo shrimp they will not be competied for food if he does it after the lights are out. your lfs should have the snails there shell looks like a trumpet.All you need is five in a few weeks you will have about 20. they are livebearers and you rarly see them but there in the sand working there magic. I have some in my 33 and i think i put like 1o in and now i dont even no how many mostly likly 30+ but its been about a month HTH.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:27
Graphite Fingerling Posts: 45 Kudos: 34 Votes: 0 Registered: 20-Jul-2004	Well, I dont want to have allot of snails in my tank thought .
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:27
Klee Banned Posts: 420 Kudos: 307 Votes: 0 Registered: 25-May-2004	Cories and BNs, IME, are also very active when the lights go out. Regardless if you do night time or daytime feedings, the shrimp (especially if you have more than one) will slowly starve. Also, if you dont want a lot of snail, go with apples/mysteries. They both look stunning and reproduce slowly.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:27
fish1 Banned Posts: 1727 Kudos: 1910 Votes: 58 Registered: 09-May-2004	Well, I dont want to have allot of snails in my tank thought . are you talking about the burrowing snails? I never see them till a gravel vac.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:27


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