Clean Up Crew
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The shrimp will eat your sanbed critters too. If you are going to have a lot of sandbed exposed (not covered by rock, I would recommend a sand sifting cucumber to keep the sand clean. They seem to eat just about anything on the sand (except cyano) and do a very good job.
I would start by adding a few snails now and see how they do. If you add nasaurius snails, you will need to feed them a bit of meat as they do not eat algae. This will probably help cycle the tank.
Fred
I would start by adding a few snails now and see how they do. If you add nasaurius snails, you will need to feed them a bit of meat as they do not eat algae. This will probably help cycle the tank.
Fred
My tank is about 50% exposed sand and 50% LR. My husband just came home w/ 6 turbo snails! you rock! So with all the algae in my tank I expect to have lots of snail poop. What do I do about that?
I think a few feather dusters popped out of my rock! Is this good? It certainly is pretty cool!
Beginner's enthusiasm...gotta love it!:spin1:
I think a few feather dusters popped out of my rock! Is this good? It certainly is pretty cool!
Beginner's enthusiasm...gotta love it!:spin1:
Don't worry about the poop. Thats what the sandbed critters are for. One critters poop is another critters gourmet meal. 
Feather dusters are good.
Hopefully it grows to more than beginners enthusiasm. I still love to find new stuff in my tank that I never knew was there.
Fred
Feather dusters are good.
Hopefully it grows to more than beginners enthusiasm. I still love to find new stuff in my tank that I never knew was there.
Fred
KeepOnReefin
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Serpents
Serpents
Are Serpent Starfish compatable with the SHs?
Serpents
Are Serpent Starfish compatable with the SHs?
Its hard to steer you without some idea of what your preferences might be. Are you looking to set up a biotope tank?
Look around, see what you like in the way of an overall tank look and corals and come back with some basic ideas
I have always leaned towards biotope tanks. I will be putting in corals that are normally found in or around seagrass beds. Things like gorgonians, shrooms. I may add porities cylindrica even though it is not normally found in this environment because it looks similar to several massive corals found in carribean seagrass beds.
Note that your lighting should help determine your coral choices. What lighting do you have over the tank right now?
Look around, see what you like in the way of an overall tank look and corals and come back with some basic ideas
I have always leaned towards biotope tanks. I will be putting in corals that are normally found in or around seagrass beds. Things like gorgonians, shrooms. I may add porities cylindrica even though it is not normally found in this environment because it looks similar to several massive corals found in carribean seagrass beds.
Note that your lighting should help determine your coral choices. What lighting do you have over the tank right now?
ann83
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This is a pretty widely accepted list of tankmates, inverts, and corals for your seahorses. It also tells you what to absolutely avoid.
http://www.seahorse.org/library/articles/tankmates.shtml
Even though some of the hermits and shrimp are listed as usually okay, people do have mixed results with those being too aggressive, especially at feeding time.
For myself, I am going with a fighting conch, a few nassarius or banded astreas, two yellow clown gobies, a shallow sandbed, LR, and a variety of macros to add color since I'm skipping on the coral for now.
http://www.seahorse.org/library/articles/tankmates.shtml
Even though some of the hermits and shrimp are listed as usually okay, people do have mixed results with those being too aggressive, especially at feeding time.
For myself, I am going with a fighting conch, a few nassarius or banded astreas, two yellow clown gobies, a shallow sandbed, LR, and a variety of macros to add color since I'm skipping on the coral for now.
