How many filter feeders can I have in a 30 gallon tank?

[Weboh]

No, you would not. Lab stories of siphons and pipettes would curl your hair. You can use the submerge and flip one end over side method. you can do it with a pump. And don't wipe your face with a wet hand.

Why are you using a siphon for drip acclimation and of what? Fish should go into same-salinity qt; zoas need a dip and rinse, but I've never drip-acclimated a coral.

Well, when I get zoas in the tank, the water will have the poison in it, right? And anything I want to add after the zoas I'll still want to drip-acclimate. I guess I need to read up on other ways to start a siphon.

And I thought corals were one of the more sensitive things that you really had to drip-acclimate. :hmm4:

 

[anthonys51]

Coco-worms are doomed to die in a tank unless spot fed very well, and they still typically end up dying. Our tanks can in no way support the amount of filter feeding these creatures require long term.

They seem to do fine for a while, lose their heads(crowns), grow back smaller(indicating it's not getting enough to eat to support a huge crown), then die.

Feather dusters on the other hand, do fine with some spot feeding.

i bought a coco worm 14 months ago, its survived me moving my tank 2 times, and then upgrading into a new tank. i heard they where really hard to care for too, but i don't do anything special in terms of feeding. i did have 12 fish in a 57 and now have 28 fish in a 265 so i do feed my tank a lot.

 

[TokiHacker]

No, you would not. Lab stories of siphons and pipettes would curl your hair. You can use the submerge and flip one end over side method. you can do it with a pump. And don't wipe your face with a wet hand.

Why are you using a siphon for drip acclimation and of what? Fish should go into same-salinity qt; zoas need a dip and rinse, but I've never drip-acclimated a coral.

maybe.... a shrimp or something along the lines of that?

if you do have to do a drip I +1 this post

What I normally use is airline hose and tie a knot in it to get it to drip. That is what I do for crustaceans or anything of that nature.