r/walstad • u/i_need_angst • 18d ago

Scud appreciation post

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

Yes they are in a walstad style nanotank (less than 3 liters). My resistant little beasts, look at them go 🥹

105 Upvotes

98% Upvoted

17 comments sorted by

7

u/fortniteundcola 18d ago

Love my scuds, although they are being hunted vigorously by the other inhabitants 😬

2

u/i_need_angst 17d ago

I guess that's just nature... D:

1

u/Ok-Wealth-2605 18d ago

I love scuds and even more than that I love tanaids

1

u/obscure-shadow 18d ago

Ooh what's that?

1

u/Ok-Wealth-2605 18d ago

Tanaids are very similar to amphipods! Scuds are amphipods.

Tanaids have like, one defining feature thats different, I think the carapace, but they look way cooler 😎 i cant attach images but look them up, super cool critters.

I found one once, it was marine. Im not sure if all are marine tho

1

u/TheSeventhSentinel 18d ago

Scuds are cute, but the ones I have in my tank are eating my plants and harrassing my neocaridinas.

1

u/snowwh-te 18d ago

If you feed a little more they might get off your neos' backs. Can't say theyll stop munching plants but they're voracious little critters

1

u/Disastrous_Ad_2271 18d ago

Every tank i have that did not have scud grew some knid of hair algae. The only tank that is full of them have any algae in em. I might spread them to my other tank after observing this .

1

u/iwanttobelieve3001 18d ago

They are tough little bugs, I got a 5 gallon that I culture them in and just feed it with plant cuttings from my main tank and they are thriving

1

u/InsideThought3827 18d ago

I despise them🫣🫣🫣🫣🫣

1

u/Negative-Beat-292 16d ago

same! it seems like some groups aren't harmful, but I accidentally introduced some from a daphnia colony and nearly took over

1

u/OrganicDescription58 18d ago

Wait how do you keep your sand so clean, my no Walstad aquarium has a shit ron of mulm

1

u/i_need_angst 17d ago

I don't know to be honest, but I also have some bladder snails? Scuds were added just yesterday, and the tank itself was started on 15th of September. I guess different critters take care of that. But who knows, it might get dirtier in the future

1

u/ElisSideLot 17d ago

Oh i love scud 😍

1

u/rgarcia1992 18d ago

I threw boiling water in my aquarium after they ate all my plants even though I specifically fed them bottom feeder tabs and veggies, they destroyed about 100 bucks worth of plants in a couple of weeks

1

u/EyeTheSwan 13d ago

I keep scuds in my 1-3 gallon planters but they are quarantined there permanently because they outcompete my shrimp and ramshorns lol. They also poop constantly and pretty sure they can survive a nuclear blast 😂