BC 29g nano reef

[jims1001]

do you guys create your own clean up crew packages, or do you mix and match your own?

Those of you who purchashed packages, did you guys buy them online at say, etropicals or anything like that? thanks

 

[1pix4c]

very nice

 

[itsboosting]

1pix4c,

the tank or the car? either way thanks!

 

[SOULEMAN]

i did my own make shift clean up crew. and its boosting i got some more pics of the tank in my little red house.......

 

[itsboosting]

sweet! i'll check it out!!


i think i'll be picking up my clean up crew tomorrow after i get out of my classes. what critters do you have?

 

[SOULEMAN]

i have 6 red legged hermits, 2 turbo snails(man do these suckers eat),4 Nassarius Snails, 1 emerald crab,4 blue legged hermits, a bunch of bristtle worms that have come from the rock( not too many though) i have a cleaner shrimp and a peppy shrimp,( dont know how much cleaning they do though, but they sure know how to eat all the damn fish food), and a signal goby(2 spot goby) he sifts the sand pretty good. i would wait on him though.some people say they r hard to keep but mine is doing great.( knock on wood) and i think that is about it. i have a pic of him in the red house also...

 

[itsboosting]

I' have heard that the shrimps dont do that great of a job cleaning the tank, but rather have a tendancy to steal the fishes food. I'm debating whether or not i want to get shrimps.

Im definitely going to pick up some hermits and nassarius snails today from my LFS though. How's your emerald crab doing? Has it been bothering anything in the tank?


I really appreciate all the feedback and help you've provided souleman, thanks!

 

[SOULEMAN]

the emerald crab has been good. you just hardly ever see him since he likes to stay in the rock work. he did get on one of my acros, but after i knocked him off of it he hasn't touched it since. and by the way not a problem.

 

[itsboosting]

i went out and bought 5 nass snails, and 5 hermit crabs. Brought them home and acclimated them for a little over an hour and placed them in. The snails dived right into the sand and i haven't seen them since! the hermit crabs are just picking off the rocks.

 

[SOULEMAN]

yeah the snails do that, they r cool. if you want later on you can throw a little food in there and as soon as trhey smell it they will pop out of the sand and devour everything on the sand, then they just bury them selves again and stick out their little siphon tubes..
congrats on the new inhabitants...:thumbsup: :bounce3: :beer:

 

[itsboosting]

cool! In terms of feeding the guys, what kind of prepared food should i pick up from the LFS? someone suggested frozen shrimp?

 

[SOULEMAN]

i also use that frozen Emerald ENTREE, it is in little cubes and has alot in it..i just slice off some of it off and drop it in the tank.

 

[itsboosting]

i went out and bought a cleaner shrimp (also referred to as skunk shrimp i think) at my LFS for 12 bucks!

acclimated the guy for close to 2 hours and then put him in. I'll be feeding them mysis shrimp .


When should i be able to start adding fishes?

 

[vuanhquoc]

nice car

 

[SOULEMAN]

id wait at least a week and make sure your numbers are still good. then go to town.