View Full Version : List Of Detritus Eaters
WeeNe858
12-21-2006, 10:48 PM
lets start a list of detritus eaters for the freshwater world
the ones i have in my head are lobsters and shrimp
anymore?
fballguy
12-21-2006, 10:49 PM
The gravel vac is my personal favorite.
fishcatch22
12-21-2006, 10:54 PM
oh, come now, folks!
most hitchhiker snails, ghost shrimp, and apple snails are good detritus eaters.
icecubez189
12-21-2006, 10:55 PM
i second that fballguy, nothing gets more gunk out than a powerful gravel vac.
icecubez189
12-21-2006, 10:58 PM
my apple snails produce more detritus than they clean up! sure they will eat and scrape off the ocassional algae on the glass but they make huge, long ugly strands of poop. they will either litter the substrate or get caught on the plants and just wave around. my amano shrimp do an excellent job removing algae from the plants, they are looking a lot more greener and healthier. they even eat the snail poop, which im guessing is still high in algae content (its green for petes sake...)
fishcatch22
12-21-2006, 11:01 PM
my apple snails produce more detritus than they clean up! sure they will eat and scrape off the ocassional algae on the glass but they make huge, long ugly strands of poop. they will either litter the substrate or get caught on the plants and just wave around. my amano shrimp do an excellent job removing algae from the plants, they are looking a lot more greener and healthier. they even eat the snail poop, which im guessing is still high in algae content (its green for petes sake...)LOL thats funny!:D
my RH makes a bucnh of little nuggets.