Yeah, it would seem as though he did not correctly hear me when I said 3 gallons and I wasn't paying enough attention to realize just how many snails & crabs I had just ordered. Needless to say, Emerald Bay just got a few crabs from me yesterday and I just picked up a bag of algae wafers at petsupermarket this afternoon. I'd rather have too many snails and have to feed them occasionally than have too few and have to clean algae. Regardless of the mixup, I love everything they are doing. There's been very little downtime for any of my new cleaning crew.
I do really like the grunge. It made my tank a complete mess for a couple of days, but I've noticed we have a new teenie anemone in our tank (good or bad, not sure yet) and some starfish. I guess I can't say for sure that the grunge was a good thing for the tank, but it sure does feel like it. I've now got an inch-and-a-half sand bed covered with another half-inch or so of grunge. And about 6 or so pounds of live rock. This tank is filtered out the wazoo (sp?). It is my tank to prove to the wife that I larger tank with be properly cared for, so I don't mind going overboard with this kind of stuff.
They also had a nano assortment of corals, but I didn't go for it. I think I'm going to wait a month or so (if I can hold out that long) before adding anything else.
