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Old 16-07-2013, 10:07
tompayne
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Is there a way I can setup my an aquarium so that it is pretty much a self-sustaining ecosystem?

I would like a way to have a system where I just feed them, so everything else pretty much takes care of itself. Are there crabs/shrimp/snails etc that would eat all the wasted food to stop it going off? Are there particular plants that would help maintain the water clarity etc?
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Old 16-07-2013, 11:14
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If you can't be bothered to maintain a tank properly best you don't have one. There are fish and plants that help (we have aquatic frogs which help keep the snail population from exploding) but you will still have to maintains it...even just to replace filters and evaporated water without cleaning it,
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Old 16-07-2013, 11:25
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The more water you have, and the fewer fish you have, the less work you'll have to do. But, it will never get to near zero unless you have few carefully chosen fish in an utterly massive tank with reasonable light, plants, and invertebrate life. As mentioned above, you'll still have to change water, etc.
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Old 16-07-2013, 12:08
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Amano Shrimp are great at cleaning aquariums, Malaysian Trumpet Snails are good at eating leftover foods also. All aquariums will need regular partial water changes, and the filter cleaned though.
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Old 17-07-2013, 09:36
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Amano Shrimp are great at cleaning aquariums, Malaysian Trumpet Snails are good at eating leftover foods also. All aquariums will need regular partial water changes, and the filter cleaned though.
Indeed.

I have a couple of Amano's in my tank. They help, but they don't mean you never clean it! Amano's still poop!

Plus, you also have to factor things like shrimps into the bio-load of the tank. 1 shrimp = 1 less equivalent sized fish.

A zero maintenance tank is a pipe dream.
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