Fish & Shrimp Friendly Bug Trap

This works great for MTS (Malaysian Trumpet Snails) or Planaria and any other bugs that love to hang out in the gravel...  not that MTS are bugs but they can overrun a tank pretty quick if you feed too much.   It is completely fish and shrimp safe (especially bugs in a shrimp tank are hard to remove without catching some baby shrimp)  and I have heard horror stories of other traps trapping fish and them dying.

All you need is a cleaned bottle (I just use a water bottle) - Slice off the top and the bottom and chuck the middle in the bin unless you are into plastic bracelets. Remove the lid from the top half... this is where the critters are going to crawl in..

Now something to lure the little bugs...bloodworms are perfect as nothing I know in the fishy world can resist them but any fish food will do - pop it into the bottom half of the bottle
 

Slot the bottle top onto the bottom - make sure there are no gaps between the two

Now just put it in the aqua - shove it slightly into the gravel/sand - the bugs are going to crawl up under the gravel into the bottle neck and onto the yummy bloodworms

After just 15 minutes a lot were already trapped

Planaria:

Malaysian Trumpet Snails crawling via the bottle neck into the trap

Happy hunting and let me know how it works for you xxx

Why are fish so shiny?

And no it is not so beady eyed birds can catch a fish supper more easily...

Beautiful shiny scales with metallic sheen  that fish possess have made for endless discussions over the years that can now finally be put to rest.

            

It is due to a sophisticated system of crystals that enhance light reflection and may help fish hide from predators in the wild, scientists in Israel are reporting.

In the new study, Lia Addadi and colleagues note that researchers have known for years that guanine crystals in the skin underneath the scales of fish reflect light to produce a mirror-like sheen.

This silvery reflectance acts as a form of camouflage that helps protect fish from predators as fish swim near the water's surface

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Silly tanks...

Yip what's a fish blog without some more wacky and silly tanks..feast your eyes on these monstrosities

 

Female Fish to take over the world!

World domination is at their fins thanks to us..well water domination then...

            

Hermaphrodite fish are on the rise, thanks to the birth control pill and other natural and unnatural forms of estrogen that have made their way into the water. Feminized fish were first found downstream from sewage plants in the United Kingdom.  Before you let out a huge sigh of relief and think your big butch Oscar male is safe..this is also happening to your aquarium fish as there are also estrogen levels in the drinking water.

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I Miss Blogging

Yip so get used to some new posts and a lot more coming thereafter on a regular basis again!  Now go weep about it or rejoice in joy <smiles>