Very first tank (planted, low tech)

[Miniandy]

Found a potentially snail eating leech in the quarantine tank, so debating moving it over to help with population control. It's a bloody massive thing (semi disturbing pic in thumbnails).

😱😳😱😳😵

 

[Tyko_N]

The moss wall is looking decidedly bare and I'm quite close to giving up on it. I have no idea what I could replace it with/ bulk it out with, so any ideas welcome

Ficus pumila is my go-to plant when I want to cover something up quickly, you need to keep up with pruning once it gets going properly though, unless you want everything covered. A few cuttings attached at the water line should be able to cover most of the background within half a year I would guess. You can also go with other Ficus species if you happen to have easy access to cuttings, I have some F. benjamina trained up against one wall of my paludarium, it takes a bit more pruning to get them to grow along the wall rather than outwards, but it can add some some different leaf shapes and colours if the rest is F. pumila.

 

[Ratvan]

I had no idea that leeches would eat snails, thats led me down a right rabbit hole this morning. 😀

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,

I had no idea that leeches would eat snails

We have a few leech threads <"What are these?">.

cheers Darrel