I have a 5 gallon tank, that I have seen some "fire worms" in. I am researching right now on sitting up a 75 gallon reef tank. I have caught several worms, but they just seem to have gravel in them, and I only find them eating algae. I havn't had them bother either my mushroom poply;s or my zoanthids. Should I try to rid the tank of them or are they doing my a natural method of algae control? They are light brown/yellow with a dark patch on there back.
I am researching several books and trying to study reef aquariuams on line and also have gotton a substrition to a reef keeping magazine. I feel that I should take my time and learn as much as I can before I start my bigger tank, anybody have any other suggestions.
Right now I have a 5 gallon tank, with hang on filter, live rock, and shells, agronitefor my substrate. I have 9 red mushroom, 2 large greens, and a new start up colony of zoainds. I also have one false percule, which has driven home that fish must be kept at a minumem if I am to be successful with a reef aqurium. I run 8.2 pH,
0 ammonioum and nitrate, and sometimes up to 10 ppm nitrite. I do a 20% water changed every 7- 10 days as I have no protien skimmer.
Any advice would be greatly appreciatede
I am researching several books and trying to study reef aquariuams on line and also have gotton a substrition to a reef keeping magazine. I feel that I should take my time and learn as much as I can before I start my bigger tank, anybody have any other suggestions.
Right now I have a 5 gallon tank, with hang on filter, live rock, and shells, agronitefor my substrate. I have 9 red mushroom, 2 large greens, and a new start up colony of zoainds. I also have one false percule, which has driven home that fish must be kept at a minumem if I am to be successful with a reef aqurium. I run 8.2 pH,
0 ammonioum and nitrate, and sometimes up to 10 ppm nitrite. I do a 20% water changed every 7- 10 days as I have no protien skimmer.
Any advice would be greatly appreciatede
) and some others are capable of eating corals but usually don't. The vast majority are fine, respectable members of the reef community.
