The Home Aquarium » Scavengers http://www.thehomeaquarium.com Fish Care and Information Tue, 02 Mar 2010 03:39:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 The Best Snails And Salamanders For Your Aquarium http://www.thehomeaquarium.com/the-best-snails-and-salamanders-for-your-aquarium/ http://www.thehomeaquarium.com/the-best-snails-and-salamanders-for-your-aquarium/#comments Sun, 25 Jan 2009 15:54:53 +0000 Fish Man http://www.thehomeaquarium.com/?p=89 The fish that you choose for your aquarium can really add a lot of interest and character to your tank. But, if you want a really unique aquarium, add some other aquatic animals such as snails, salamanders, eels, shrimp, turtles, frogs, crabs or even clams!

Adding various other animals to your aquarium will result in a more natural habitat. And, each aquatic animal will have their own different characteristics and habits that can be quite interesting to observe.   But, it will also provide an added benefit. Many of these animals are scavengers and they will help keep your aquarium clean!

Every aquarium needs at least a few scavengers to help keep it clean, they’re sort of the little garbage disposals of the fish world! Scavengers will clean your tank of leftover food, scum, algae and other decayed matter.

Snails

There’s a wide variety of snails to choose from and each…

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