I haven’t been keeping up with my tanks too much lately. They’re being sustained, but I wouldn’t say they are flourishing. I can see that some of my Dwarf Crayfish have died. They turn orange in color when they die, like the color of a cooked shrimp. I haven’t gotten around to cleaning out the tank and removing any bodies, because I know in the back of my head that the rest of the crayfish will scavenge anything left around. What did catch me by surprise was this.

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Detritus is the biological term for fish poop. People often wonder if there is some animal that will consume the waste of other organisms in the aquarium.

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Posting hasn’t been on my mind lately. Escrow closed on the new home about a month ago, but I’m still not in the new home yet. I knew it would take some time, even just to move the fish tanks, even though the new home is only fifteen minutes away.

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Sorry for the break in posting. I may be moving in the next month. That’s good news, but I’m definitely not looking forward to moving my tanks. The move isn’t far, but breaking everything down is a pain.

Well, it’s been just about two weeks since I got my Olive Nerite Snails. I wanted to see if these little guys could live up to their fabled algae eating skills. I let my 20 gallon tank get some algae built up before the guys arrived. I put a single snail into the 20 gallon tank. Check out the before and after shots.

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