list of marine inverts in your tank

[.::Jun77::.]

i noticed that some online lfs/online stores say a certain invert is reef safe just to find out that its not, so let me ask the experts.

what are the marine inverts in your tank?

also include a (+) sign if you recomend or (-) sign if you had a bad experience with it.

thanks.

 

[plateboy3293]

serpent starfish (Ophioderma appressum) +
sand sifting Starfish +
mexican turbos+++
astea turbo= not so sure because you have to right them when they fall
atlantic cucumber++
emerald myrthax+
arrow crab++
nassarius+

 

[rlf_racing]

Red leg hermits+
Tubo snails+
Mexican turbos+
Astrea snails+
Cerith snails+
blue leg hermits+
zebra hermits+
Emerald crabs+
Stone crabs-
Striped brittle star+
Limpit snails+
Wennerea mantis = reefsafe yes but it eats my cuc
Peacock mantis-

 

[.::Jun77::.]

thanks for the quick reply guys, ill definitelly use your list as a guide for my next invert addition.

anybody else?

 

[ncwaterboy]

Red leg hermits+
Astrea snails+
Nassarius snails+
blue leg hermits+
zebra hermits+
Emerald crabs+
Brittle star+
Coral banded shirmp+

Plan on getting a cucumber at some point.

Anyone know if the Nassarius snails prey on coiopods or other sand bed 'bugs'?

 

[Tennyson]

Serpent Starfish+
Choclate Harlequin Serpent Star-=Ate my xenia when it was hungry
Nassarius Snails+
Coral Banded Shrimp+
Peppermint Shrimp- - - - - - - - -
Skunk Cleaner Shrimp+
Fire Shrimp+
Glass Anemone Shrimp+
Anemone Shrimp+
Sexy Shrimp+
Emerald Crabs+
Blue Legged Hermits+
Red Hermits+
Turbo Snails+
Cerith+

Used to have:
Arrow Crab-=Tried to eat anything alive or any corals
Saron Shrimp-=You know why
Anemone Porcelain Crab-=Stole anemones from my clowns which is expected but also hosted small corals and caused them not to open.

The peppermint is marked minus so much because as soon as I get a new coral or anything new, it goes up to it immediately and tries to eat as much as it can! I just got my first coco worm, I put it down and he came up to it and tried tearing away at it! even when it ducked into its tube. It has also done ALOT of damage to my 8 head $99 frogspawn. I hate it, but I can't get it out.

I am actually in the process of killing it since I hate it so much and I can't catch it. And it is fed like a spoiled brat and thats how it treats me!? Is it illegal to kill a peppermint shrimp on purpose? I'll make good use of its body as cbs food.

 

[jaynel78]

bumblebee shrimp +
anemone crab +
sexy shrimp +
tiger pistol +
blue leg hermits +

used to have
anemone shrimp +
caribbean pistol -
arrow crab -
peppermint shrimp -
emerald crab -
coral banded shrimp -

just my two cents...

 

[.::Jun77::.]

wow interesting post guys .

tennyson, im sorry for your bad pep shrimp. good thing you posted, at lease other reefer are warned. most of the time pep shrimp is sold as reef safe, to make it worst, its a pain to take them out to our tank.

thanks ncwaterboy and jaynel78!

other reefers please post your experiences too and help others.

 

[Tayler]

peppermint shrimp +
emerald crab +
pistol shrimp +
marble shrimp +
zebra hermit -
red hermit + (killed by zebra hermit)
astrea +
spiny astrea +

 

[TikiDan]

If I am not mistaken Peppermints are completely reef safe. There is a shrimp that looks almost exactly the same called a camel back shrimp that is not reef safe. You have to look at it from the side, and see if it has a "camel" hump

 

[charlesr1958]

Here ya go!

My Invertebrates

Chuck

 

[Tennyson]

Tikidan, I am certain my peppermint is a peppermint, not a camelback shrimp. But I think mines just a bad one. But I have heard of another incident in the LPS Coral forum that somebody elses peppermint was eating his frogspawn, just like mine. And another where I think a pepp was blamed for the missing chunks of all his LPS.

I don't know, I guess it varies from each peppermint.

 

[CadetMKultra]

Jeez.

Nassarius +
Mexican Turbos +
Astrea + (I only have one left. Several died.)
Cerith Snails +
Bumble Bee Snails + (only come out when tank is pitch black)
Margarita Snails +
Stomatella Snails +
Asterina Stars +
Bristle Worms +
F***ing Aiptasia ---
A white tunicate of some kind +
Black Brittle Star +
Red Leg Hermits +
Blue Leg Hermits +

I've had several kinds of shrimp since I set up my tank last August. Someone in there kills them. I had 1 coral banded, 4 sexy shrimp, 2 pepermints, 1 fire shrimp, and they're all gone. The only one that lasted a long time, was the first sexy shrimp, but a few weeks after I added the others, they all disappeared. I wonder who in my tank has a taste for shrimp. I only have 4 little, well fed fish. 1 Banggai Cardinal, 1 Yellow Clown Goby, 1 Molly Miller Blenny, and one Hector's Goby. Beats me who's the culprit, but I've basically given up on shrimp, which saddens me because I really like them.

 

[Tennyson]

I know I already posted on this, but I am now changing my plus for the coral banded shrimp to a minus.

I just got a beautiful fire shrimp, acclimated it, and the first couple minutes after introduction, they are stressed out and stand still. Well my coral banded shrimp came over and picked it up and was eating it!!!! So they are reef safe, but I wouldn't consider them safe with dying fish, or stressed inverts new to the tank.

 

[.::Jun77::.]

thanks tayler and Kadet MKultra for the inputs. :thumbsup:
and Tennyson for the update

ok, on sunday ( and every sunday, if the turnout of our mini- survey is good) ill try to tally the results of your inputs and mybe come up with top 5 for each category.

also the list of everyone that shared their valuable experience.

i would like to make it clear that this progect is just to make a trending of which invert is more likely to become good tank inhabitant and which is not (so its really subjective).

also, i would consider all the inverts are properlly IDed by the owner.

we might not get the 100% truth but at lease well get an birdseye view of the complicated inverts world

 

[Tennyson]

Cool, its about time someone makes an evaluation of every invert. Great idea!

 

[CadetMKultra]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12350775#post12350775 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by CadetMKultra
Jeez.

Nassarius +
Mexican Turbos +
Astrea + (I only have one left. Several died.)
Cerith Snails +
Bumble Bee Snails + (only come out when tank is pitch black)
Margarita Snails +
Stomatella Snails +
Asterina Stars +
Bristle Worms +
F***ing Aiptasia ---
A white tunicate of some kind +
Black Brittle Star +
Red Leg Hermits +
Blue Leg Hermits +

I've had several kinds of shrimp since I set up my tank last August. Someone in there kills them. I had 1 coral banded, 4 sexy shrimp, 2 pepermints, 1 fire shrimp, and they're all gone. The only one that lasted a long time, was the first sexy shrimp, but a few weeks after I added the others, they all disappeared. I wonder who in my tank has a taste for shrimp. I only have 4 little, well fed fish. 1 Banggai Cardinal, 1 Yellow Clown Goby, 1 Molly Miller Blenny, and one Hector's Goby. Beats me who's the culprit, but I've basically given up on shrimp, which saddens me because I really like them.

I forgot my Tongan Conchs +

 

[AquariumChicky]

Banded Trochus Snails+++ Very beautiful, and great cleaners

Zebra Turbo Snail+ also beautiful and good cleaners

Margarita Snails+ smaller, good cleaners, shells covered in coraline algae

Nassarius Snails+ good sandsifters and ditrius eaters

Dwarf Zebra Hermit Crabs+++ great color, great personality, keep tank clean

Scarlet Hermit Crabs+ larger, great color, great personality, keep tank clean

Dwarf Yellowtip Hermit Crab+ not as pretty, but still fun to watch and keep tank clean

Sand Sifting Sea Stars+++ not the prettiest stars, but very attractive, active, keep tank clean, and they are the first thing people notice

Just my 2 cents

 

[ROB2005]

2 Serpent stars (these guys put on a dancing show when food drifts around the tank) (+)
2 peppermint shrimp(+)
1 cleaner shrimp(+)
1 Coral Banded Shrimp(+)
Several Blue Leg Hermit Crabs(-)
Couple of bivalves hidden around(+)
1 Fighting Conch (+)

 

[.::Jun77::.]

thanks ROB2005, AquariumChicky for participating, cadetMKultra for the update.:thumbsup: