I have a 29g Biocube that's being turned into a macroalgae tank. Due to it being kind of old and also due to a tank crash at one point, it has VERY few inverts. Two, possibly. A nice tiger pistol shrimp and a sand snail, though I rarely see the sand snail. It may not be here any more... I can't tell.
I want to keep the tank lightly stocked, but I'm looking for more inverts Now, here's an issue; I may add a rooster waspfish. No shrimp considerably under 2" is going to survive a waspfish, although I'm still unsure of whether or not I'm getting the wasp.
The tank currently has chaeto, some sort of slightly calcified red macroalgae, C. Prolifera, and some kind of red macroalgae that creeps around and looks like a lot of teensy transparent rose petals. I'm going to add some feather caulerpa and possibly some dragon's tongue.
Requirements for an invert:
Can't eat either of the red macros (okay if it nibbles on the caulerpas or the chaeto, so long as it doesn't gobble)
Can't be dangerous to small fish
Won't eat my zooanthids
Can't be uber-sensitive
Shouldn't require too much extra care- I don't mind offering it food now and then, but I don't want to be dosing plankton a whole lot. If I could buy a bottle of something and feed it once a day or so, that would be alright.
Not too horribly expensive
No emerald crabs- I'm not risking it
Current stock:
One yellowtail blue damsel (bit of a booger sometimes)
One Wheeler's shrimpgoby
One tiger pistol shrimp
Ideas:
Porcelain crab - how can you tell if it's one of the anemone ones or not?
Scarlet skunk cleaner shrimp
Some kind of hermit crab - what do you suggest? I just want a couple to watch, perhaps
I bet I can find a huge spaghetti worm somewhere!
We're going down to the beach in a couple of months. I plan to gather some of the shrimp that come in with the seaweed.
If I can find one, I'm thinking of a single big food-type shrimp
A few more sand snails- how many? I don't want to have them bother the pistol too much.
Maybe a small colorful tubeworm? Is my tank too small?
Another tiger pistol shrimp - I want to see if they'll use teamwork!
Limpets- where can I pick up a few?
Smaller snails, perhaps stars... How many do you suggest? What kind won't eat my macros?
Acropora crabs- tiny things, I've seen a few. Do they need hard corals to survive?
I'm thinking of getting a squat lobster... Any experience with them and fish? Do they constantly hide?
Any other recommendations? I'm open to any and all suggestions/advice.
I want to keep the tank lightly stocked, but I'm looking for more inverts Now, here's an issue; I may add a rooster waspfish. No shrimp considerably under 2" is going to survive a waspfish, although I'm still unsure of whether or not I'm getting the wasp.
The tank currently has chaeto, some sort of slightly calcified red macroalgae, C. Prolifera, and some kind of red macroalgae that creeps around and looks like a lot of teensy transparent rose petals. I'm going to add some feather caulerpa and possibly some dragon's tongue.
Requirements for an invert:
Can't eat either of the red macros (okay if it nibbles on the caulerpas or the chaeto, so long as it doesn't gobble)
Can't be dangerous to small fish
Won't eat my zooanthids
Can't be uber-sensitive
Shouldn't require too much extra care- I don't mind offering it food now and then, but I don't want to be dosing plankton a whole lot. If I could buy a bottle of something and feed it once a day or so, that would be alright.
Not too horribly expensive
No emerald crabs- I'm not risking it
Current stock:
One yellowtail blue damsel (bit of a booger sometimes)
One Wheeler's shrimpgoby
One tiger pistol shrimp
Ideas:
Porcelain crab - how can you tell if it's one of the anemone ones or not?
Scarlet skunk cleaner shrimp
Some kind of hermit crab - what do you suggest? I just want a couple to watch, perhaps
I bet I can find a huge spaghetti worm somewhere!
We're going down to the beach in a couple of months. I plan to gather some of the shrimp that come in with the seaweed.
If I can find one, I'm thinking of a single big food-type shrimp
A few more sand snails- how many? I don't want to have them bother the pistol too much.
Maybe a small colorful tubeworm? Is my tank too small?
Another tiger pistol shrimp - I want to see if they'll use teamwork!
Limpets- where can I pick up a few?
Smaller snails, perhaps stars... How many do you suggest? What kind won't eat my macros?
Acropora crabs- tiny things, I've seen a few. Do they need hard corals to survive?
I'm thinking of getting a squat lobster... Any experience with them and fish? Do they constantly hide?
Any other recommendations? I'm open to any and all suggestions/advice.
