I’m curious at taking care of fish. I am a terribly irresponsible person, but I feel if I have a food self cleaning and self cleaning tank, I can take care pretty easily with enough alarms to remind me.

Which equipment, fish, and setup do I need for what I’m aiming to do?

Let me know in the comments!

  • shalafi@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    Don’t know that they do much damage, and never seen one in the wild, but people tossing plecos made them invasive in NW Florida.

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      6 days ago

      Yeah, I can believe it. I imagine it’s less direct damage and more being able to outcompete native species for resources like food or space. Plus they’re probably tougher to prey on.

      I lost control of my tank (went off to college and couldn’t be around to actively maintain the tank + didn’t know what I was doing) and mine ended up dying.

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        5 days ago

        Competition is what I meant by “damage”. In any case, they’re not the devastation lionfish brought.

        I’ve somehow killed all my plecos. Probably didn’t get them enough algae.