Biological Load? Inverts > or

[audisteve]

I understand that putting fish into a tank will create a biological load on the tank. But will putting inverts put as much as a load. I would like to add 3 Sexy Anemone Shirmp, 1 Pom Pom Crab, a couple of snails and some shaving brush plants. This would be in a 20 Gallon Long tank. Is there some way to figure out how many inverts it would tank to equal one new fish in terms of biological load.

 

[promisetbg]

I don't think you could figure this,since a clean-up crew is removing bio-load:notsure:

 

[russianspy]

Do inverts produce wastes?
They have there mucas coating, But fish eat that or your clean up crew eats it. I think you can have alot of inverts compared to fish

 

[kistheeze]

The answer is:
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But to what degree is difficult to say. It would probably depend on the type of invert, the eating habits, size, etc.

 

[zanemoseley]

They produce very little waste because typically they don't eat anything you add to the tank. They eat detrius which is produced by your fish, they also eat algae which is a product of feeding your fish.

 

[bang guy]

Originally posted by RussianSpy
Do inverts produce wastes?
Yep. Ounce for ounce the produce about the same as a fish. They're just a lot smaller so they produce less in total.
And, as stated above, they often eat detritus so their effect is even less noticeable.