Aquatic Invertebrate Tank

 Hello. I had recently made a freshwater / blackwater aquatic invertebrate tank. 

As of now, the tank contains three species. I will definitely want to get more species of aquatic insects that can live safely with the ones I have.

This species is not to be confirmed, but I assume it is a species of Scandarma that I was gifted on the 20th of this month. I was gifted 11, but only 3 survived the shipping.


cf. Scandarma sp.

This large guy is usually resting or hiding below the wood or near the surface of the water like this.

But the smaller ones usually prefer being in the water. Usually on the driftwood.

cf. Scandarma sp. walking on driftwood

If the blurry plastic and driftwood seems familiar, yes, it was the cherry shrimp tank. There are still shrimp, but the amount has lessened and new creatures have been added. (The crabs will not predate on shrimp)



Cherry shrimp

These few shrimp are still doing well and thriving. They looooooove the dead plant leaves that fall to the bottom of the tank.

Last species that currently inhabits the tank weren't added by me. They probably came via plants or the driftwood.

Some aquatic keepers usually do not really like them, but I don't really mind and I thought that they would make a cool addition and clean-up-crew for the tank.

They aren't snails, but are tiny mollusks.

You guessed it, they're freshwater limpets.



Freshwater limpets on the side of tank

They are most of the time transparent, tiny little critters but I found one that is just slightly larger and brown. Could it be an older specimen? Different species?

Also, these guys are some species of Acroluxus.

Anyway, I'm hoping to be able to breed all three species in this tank in the future.

Thanks for reading, and have a great day. 🙏

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