It's Alive.....ALIVE!!!!!

[rafa316]

I have been cycling my tank for a few weeks now, I added LR two weeks ago. I was kind of sad because the only things I was finding were Pods and http://melevsreef.com/id/jelly.html
Which Ive read are bad for the dank and I don't know how to get rid of them.
Today I came back from work and fund my first big inhabitant so I wanted to share

Does this mean I can start adding snails and crabs to the tank?

 

[AnimaliA]

Actually pods are the best sign that your tank is cycling and they become one of the foundations for a successful reef (become food for many other life forms and consume detrius and some types of algae). The organism in your picture is a flatworm that preys upon various types of 'pods. This is normal also, just be careful their numbers dont become overwhelming.

It should be safe to add a few snails and hermits (if so desired). I would not add anything else for another few weeks, when the parameters have shown stable for at least two weeks in a row. ...The one thing about this hobby that makes us all better is that it does teach us patience

 

[AnimaliA]

P.S. Nice avitar

 

[REMF]

Pods are not bad for the tank they are good to have, the link to the pic you posted looks like a hydroid jelly I think and they will go away with time. The pic that is posted looks like a flat worm.

 

[rafa316]

Nice Avatar too it is the coolest. I will wait until Saturday, test the parameters make sure they are ok.
So should I get snails or hermit crabs? Ive heard that hermit crabs are not very reef sage.
I really like the electric blue hermit crab

 

[Scuba_Steve]

Well just expect some of the snails to die if you put in hermits. Also make sure they have extra shells laying around to minimise snail death. Its really a personal preference, you can do it hermitless, or hermits and snails. I prefer both. Scarlet reef hermits are the least likely to kill btw.

 

[drummereef]

Re: It's Alive.....ALIVE!!!!!

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9518097#post9518097 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by rafa316
I was kind of sad because the only things I was finding were Pods Which Ive read are bad for the dank and I don't know how to get rid of them.

It's unfortunate there is this kind of misinformation going around. Luckily you are in the right place. Pods are definitely a good thing.

 

[KJB32]

Yes, pods are a good thing. Give it a few more days, and then add a few hermits and snails.

 

[jus10kase]

Re: Re: It's Alive.....ALIVE!!!!!

Re: Re: It's Alive.....ALIVE!!!!!

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9519207#post9519207 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by drummereef
It's unfortunate there is this kind of misinformation going around. Luckily you are in the right place. Pods are definitely a good thing.

Misinformation? There`s some misreading too. He didn`t say he read pods were bad. It was the and "link" that he read were bad.

As for hermits and snails, I like having as much variety as I can. That being said, my scarlet leg hermit is getting to big i think.

 

[Drix]

That is a flatworm, I used to have a stack in my tank until I eradicated them all. Now sadly, I've since found out that those are apparently a benign kind of flatworm and are inherently friendly. Although you may want to doubble check that.

Live and learn :-\

 

[ec300a]

The pic posted is a flat worm and is the benign type(not bad not good). I have them in my newest tank. I just grab the big ones off the glass with a turky baster every few days to keep the numbers down.

You can also grab a wrase, If you get lucky like I did with my 6line wrase it will eat them. Most the time though they will eat everything else before the flatworms.

 

[rafa316]

Awesome, Thank you for all the responses