Was wondering what everybody has to help keep the tank clean? How many shrimp per gallon? Which snails are good, which crabs?
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Was wondering what everybody has to help keep the tank clean? How many shrimp per gallon? Which snails are good, which crabs?
37g, 250w MH
Mostly SPS with a few Lps and softies
Clam
"Scooty" R.I.P. 03-05-09
Nerite, Nassarius, and Cerith Snails
Eric
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What about Astraea tecta? How many per 20g tank?
37g, 250w MH
Mostly SPS with a few Lps and softies
Clam
"Scooty" R.I.P. 03-05-09
maybe 5
Eric
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Thats all? I figured it be much higher then that? I only have a couple hermit crabs, how many of them?
37g, 250w MH
Mostly SPS with a few Lps and softies
Clam
"Scooty" R.I.P. 03-05-09
Here is the way I look at it, they recommend 1 per gallon but what happens when you had 20 and half die, your tank goes to crap. You add 5-10 and some die and it is not a big deal. You will have death out of some of them, it just happens, nothing can be done to stop it.
Eric
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The lfs hopefully will take alot of my cheato as trade in. I'm trying to track down a bubble coral or maybe some blasto's or something like that.
37g, 250w MH
Mostly SPS with a few Lps and softies
Clam
"Scooty" R.I.P. 03-05-09
cool deal
Eric
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i have two sandsifting stars and a couple shrimp in the 150 plus two turbo snails which i hate. crabs and snails just knock everything off the rocks and break corals etc. i don't add them anymore. plus there survival rate with my wrasse is not good. he thinks there a nice snack.
150gal Reef
75gal FW
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does anyone know if i can cut off the brown stuff of a tube anemane
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