toddnbecka
Members
How many do you want? I have a fair number of them in a 10 gallon tank.
DonkeyFish
Members
Holy smoke-- Do I!. I will even offer to DELIVER them to you. You pick a time and I will be there 
(I'm in Herndon, but have some "mom helping" to do in 22033 Fairfax so you would be nearby).
(I'm in Herndon, but have some "mom helping" to do in 22033 Fairfax so you would be nearby).
Holy smoke-- Do I!. I will even offer to DELIVER them to you. You pick a time and I will be there
(I'm in Herndon, but have some "mom helping" to do in 22033 Fairfax so you would be nearby).
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around 20+ would do to start
F8LBITE
Members
what are the advantages of having these in your tanks? Keep the substrate aerated?
mchambers
Former CCA member
Yep
That's the main advantage. They also eat leftover food and decaying plant material.
toddnbecka
Members
On the downside, if there's much leftover food they'll multiply like locusts. Since they mostly stay out of sight through the day you probably won't notice their numbers increasing.
DonkeyFish
Members
BUT it's kinda cool when the lights go out at night... you can sit and watch and it's like the sand is erupting! Then you'll start to see them come up to cruise around. Like an invasion LOL.
They do work well to keep the sand stirred up, especially if you have it deeper than a half inch or so, or have rocks/driftwood/plants/stuff that you don't move when you're siphoning or manually stirring up the sand.
They do work well to keep the sand stirred up, especially if you have it deeper than a half inch or so, or have rocks/driftwood/plants/stuff that you don't move when you're siphoning or manually stirring up the sand.
