Pandas with some oddities :)
Wine Red Ruby Red and white Shrimp
Feeding time for the Red wine and ruby red Caridina
Crystals tucking into ShrimpNip!
Crystal shrimp tucking into our new ShrimpNip! food range :)
Crystal loving their "guinea pig" status testing our new food!
Forgot to mention our new food range is currently in trials! Once they are all ready there will be a giveaway in our FB group page https://www.facebook.com/groups/1166051437081063
Salvinia Spotlight!
Interesting facts:
Salvinia Minima (aka “Water Spangles”) is in fact a floating fern. The “roots” are not in fact roots but a modified submerged leaf.
Propagation is by division and just a small portion removed has the potential to create a new plant. Left floating in your tank they will do all this on their own very happily!
Salvinia Minima also grows in some brackish water (typically up to 7000 ppm of salt) It is native to South and Central America, also the West Indies.
It can out-compete duckweed in its natural habitat, which can be unfortunate for fish as it has little nutritional value unlike protein-rich duckweed.Dried Salvinia is sometimes added to a water container to promote infusoria growth for fry.
Floating plants can be kept together neater by making a sealed ring of airline tubing and floating this in the aquarium. The Salvinia placed within this ring should stay there unless disturbed by large fish or power filter return flow.
Salvinia Minima is effective at reducing harmful Nitrates in aquaria.
Salvinia Minima tolerates a wide range of PH (5-8.5) temperature (17-35C) and does not require fertiliser, CO2 or high light levels (Though the addition of these may speed growth considerably and increase the health of your plants)
Due to its size, it is MUCH easier to remove from a tank permanently (should that ever be required!) than duckweed.