Lol you got me with the: “natural… natural? ..Its a glass box.”

@curative_fright4

9 ай бұрын

😂

Scuds are a great addition to an aquarium. I feel like if you have an established tank, scuds will thrive and coexist with most nano fish. Ideal clean up crew!

@DansFish

4 жыл бұрын

That has been my experience as well. If there are nooks and crannies for them to hid in, you can get a little colony going in an aquarium and it will look immaculate.

I love your comparison video between your plecos and scuds cleaning your three tanks with Algae! They both do a great job!

@DansFish

4 жыл бұрын

It was a fun race to watch!

Love the comparison video and how you showcase the work load of what different species can do. Amazing work sir

@DansFish

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching, EA...glad you liked the vid.

I tried to set up a snail nursery in an established one gallon sorta eco tank (pickle jar) with Daphnia, Cyclops, locally collected Scuds and associated critters. The black rams horn snail laid eggs, the eggs hatched, the baby snails disappeared. Hmm. There are obviously several varieties of Scuds from what I've heard and read. Some ravenously eat plants, some don't. The ones I have don't eat plants as I've got a couple small ones in the small tank, however, I feed them with plant trimmings from my other tanks which they eat but after the trimmings go soft. I also feed them green water from outdoor rain barrels and a light layer of algae that tries to grow on the tank's sides as a result of direct sunlight. Now I see them attacking the tiny snails ... hmm, guess I'll have to set up another snail nursery. BTW, several of the fish I have also love newly hatched snails, that's why I'm setting up a snail nursery, without fish and without Scuds.

I can't tell which one really wins, but I would say scuds are the best cleaners overall because they not only eat algae but almost everything undesirable, including detritus, dead shrimp, dead snails, etc. Speaking of snails, I think the snails were partially responsible for cleaning the scud tank. You didn't mention them! They are good too. So are shrimp. And isopods. And dwarf sucker catfish. Even seed shrimp.

Wow! Scuds and plecos did a great job. Very interesting video.

@DansFish

4 жыл бұрын

I think someone should create a french maid outfit for plecos...they are always cleaning!

Scuds for the win. I kept amphipods in my saltwater tank for algae control (garden tank, no fish in it). They are fascinating to watch as they stake out territories & make homes. My endlers ate all my freshwater scuds & I need to replace them one of these days. I did find that my saltwater scuds ate my tiny zoanthids & my freshwater scuds periodically ate my bladder snails.

@DansFish

4 жыл бұрын

Glad to find another scud fan!

@kenjiro2676

3 жыл бұрын

They need lots of rock work to hide in.

Agreed! Excellent!

@DansFish

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, AE...I appreciate you watching.

Great comparison Dan! Everyone is always talking about cleaning crews for saltwater, but I find there are so many great critters that do amazing work in freshwater.

@DansFish

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed...get the right critters and never work again! :)

@FishmanEricRussell

4 жыл бұрын

@@DansFish So true!

Good stuff dan!

@DansFish

4 жыл бұрын

Poppa Rock, so great to hear from you. I hope the bettas are doing well.

Good stuff, Dan

@DansFish

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Michael!

That was fun!

@DansFish

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, MindyLou! Glad you enjoyed the ride.

Love this video! Didnt even know scuds ate algae!

@DansFish

4 жыл бұрын

They LOVE it.

scuds are really cool but they prey on cherry shrimp so i cant rlly keep em

I'm impressed

@DansFish

4 жыл бұрын

They did an impressive job!

Love the comparison

@DansFish

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Sean. One day, I'll figure out what OOTD means, and my life will be complete :)

@seanootd3406

4 жыл бұрын

@@DansFish lol if you find the secret thing im looking for ill tell you

Thanks for sharing Dan. WOW they made quick work of riding the algae! What would you recommend if anything for new born fry tanks? I have baby guppies and angelfish that I'm weekly scrubbing algae off the glass for the past 2 years.

@DansFish

4 жыл бұрын

Personally, I LOVE algae in fry tanks because it offers grazing surfaces and helps keep the nitrogenous chemicals in check. However, I've raised lots of baby fish with both scuds and ancistrus plecos. As long as the fry are free swimming and fully mobile, you will probably be okay with either. I suppose their is a chance they could get sucked up if they sleep on the bottom, but, in general, I think both species are fine with fry.

@James_Hande

4 жыл бұрын

@@DansFish Thank you Dan! I don't mind some algae either. It's just that especially the front glass gets covered so quickly I can't see the fry. Maybe I'll try some floating hornwort first.

Very interesting video, I'm considering setting up an aquarium with amphipods and nano fish

@DEXTER-TV-series

3 жыл бұрын

Are you not afraid that the amphipods will eat the nanon fish? :))

@mitchl5220

3 жыл бұрын

@@DEXTER-TV-series Nope I have a very small strain of amphipod. They're basically dwarf amphipods and shouldn't be a threat to any of my healthy fish. The tank has been set up with ember tetras and amphipods and is heavily planted. No dead fish so far. I can imagine the amphipods eating eggs, fry and dying fish though. The baby amphipods are perfect live feed for my fish. The adult amphipods are smaller than neocaridina but probably aren't on the menu for my tetras but my betta loves them. My tank has a bunch of amphipods, ostracods, flatworms and detritus worms living in there so my fish are pretty happy and have coloured up beautifully due to all the livefeed they're hunting.

@DEXTER-TV-series

3 жыл бұрын

@@mitchl5220 ​ @Nacho Friend Oh, this is very interesting! My big respect! I want to do something similar!!! A holistic ecosystem, an aquarium in which there will be not only fish, but also food for them and there will be those who recycle their waste and make the water clean without having to spend time and energy and water and money for endless water changes and fish feeding. Can you make some video about your aquarium, please?! :)

Where did you get your scuds?

Clown plecos are amazing for this. I had a 55 gallon that was coated wall-to-wall in algae and they cleared it to pristine in 2 weeks.

They are keeping themselves busy. :-)

@DansFish

4 жыл бұрын

For sure...and loving every minute of it!

So scuds are viable algae eaters? Id say having a tank with shrimp, aquatic isopods, and scuds would be a solid composition for an ecosystem, which can also double as food for the fish.

I hope you have the Formula down now for KZread... because these are Really effing good videos! -I hope the algorithms pick up for your channel, dude!! -aloha, -Scotty on Maui. Love the... Puffers Meds and Methods vid... for the sick new fish.

Awesome!,

@DansFish

4 жыл бұрын

Groovy!

Nice!

@DansFish

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Dave!

Those would be great tanks for a swarm of otocinclus

@DansFish

4 жыл бұрын

Indeed...otos will do the trick for sure.

Are scuds terrestrial ?

Cool comparison. Surprised at how well the scuds did. Do you have scuds for sale?

@DansFish

4 жыл бұрын

They are small, but mighty! I don't have enough to sell at this time. Planning to bring in some more puffers, so I'll need all the scuds I can get for a while.

@CaylorsReptilesAquatics

4 жыл бұрын

Dans Fish gotcha I’ll ck with Lucas. Can’t recall what but something cleared out my colony. Excited for imminent events!

Did you say you were bringing in oil cats Dan? I may be mistaken but I thought you said they were on the way to you a couple of weeks ago. If so, when will they be out of QT? Thanks

@DansFish

4 жыл бұрын

Charles, I have access to oil cats, but it depends on if I end up ordering from S.A. or not. Nigeria and Indonesia are my first priorities. It will probably be a while before I can bring in S.A.

They are work horses!!

@DansFish

4 жыл бұрын

It was fun watching them mow down.

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

4:39 Do you have any little creatures that will eat the green from the green water? :))

@vanuaturly

2 жыл бұрын

Daphnia

Alright

@DansFish

4 жыл бұрын

Groovy!

I vote for the plecos anyway

@JoeCoffee9476

4 жыл бұрын

Plecos for the win!!

@DansFish

4 жыл бұрын

I know, Jesse. You have a "complicated" relationship with the little buggers :)

💕👍

@DansFish

4 жыл бұрын

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They need lots of rock work to hide under or they will perish.

Scuds clean more from the water column.

@DansFish

4 ай бұрын

I think you're thinking of daphnia. They clear up green water in no time.

I thought, i am the only person with dirty aquarium ...

@DansFish

7 ай бұрын

The struggle is real