Hello fish nerds, I recently started a planted 20 long that I'm hoping to start a new breeding project in. I ordered plants online, they came in looking healthy and covered in snails. I saw this as a free gift, since I really believe snails to be beneficial in maintaining a healthy ecosystem. I did not treat the plants to rid them of any other hitch hikers. After a week or so of initial planting, I noticed a few interesting developments.
The snails had begun to lay eggs
I have at least one isopod (he has since been named Jitters)
There are some sort of mystery free swimming green organisms hovering about in the water column
I've attached a link to a video of one of the buggers, pardon the sound of me breathing lol.