This invertebrate mix includes:
SMALL:
50+ daphnia ( daphnia pulex )
50+ tubifex worms ( tubifex tubifex )
5 water louse ( Ascellus aquatics )
5 gammarus shrimp (gammarus pulex )
5 pea mussels ( sphaerium corneum )
5 flat ramshorn snails. ( planorbis planorbis )
5 faucet snails ( bithynia tentaculata )
5 wandering pond snails ( radix balthica )
5 great pond snails ( lymnaea stagnalis)
MEDIUM:
200+ daphnia ( daphnia pulex )
200+ tubifex worms ( tubifex tubifex )
20 water louse ( Ascellus aquatics )
20 gammarus shrimp (gammarus pulex )
20 pea mussels ( sphaerium corneum )
20 flat ramshorn snails. ( planorbis planorbis )
20 faucet snails ( bithynia tentaculata )
20 wandering pond snails ( radix balthica )
20 great pond snails ( lymnaea stagnalis)
LARGE:
500+ daphnia ( daphnia pulex )
500+ tubifex worms ( tubifex tubifex )
50 water louse ( Ascellus aquatics )
50 gammarus shrimp (gammarus pulex )
50 pea mussels ( sphaerium corneum )
50 flat ramshorn snails. ( planorbis planorbis )
50 faucet snails ( bithynia tentaculata )
50 wandering pond snails ( radix balthica )
50 great pond snails ( lymnaea stagnalis)
Each species has its own benefits in adding them to your pond or aquarium, both as cleaners and as a natural food source for fish and amphibians and aquatic insects.
All snails species eat algae ,waste, dead fish and plants ( they don't eat live plants )
faucet snails ,pea mussels and daphnia filter organic particles and algae from the water helping to control green or murky water.
Water louse ,gammarus and tubifex are scavengers living in the substrate helping break down ,waste and detritus ,as well as providing an excellent natural food source for larger pond inhabitants.
For more info on each species see their individual listings.
