nanoreef16g
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How much flow for a peacock? I have two JBJ Oceanstream circulation pumps laying around but they're only 500 GPH. Is that enough in a 40 Breeder?
Peacock in Glass?
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nanoreef16g
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Anyone?
i have a peacock in glass with acrylic sheet at the bottem. I heavily regret this because the other day i saw him break into a thick shelled clam with a single clean hit. I would go for acrylic. I still have to wait for my custom acrylic tanks to come in so i can "hotel" my babies. My peacock currently has low flow. The only things moving water is the canister filter(205), the return from my sump, and a uv sterlizer(some nano thing). I have no powerheads in there with him.
My peacock is in a standard size 29g with plexi at the bottom, I think I am at around a 30x turn over for circulation.
I'm sorry but this recent re-resurection of the glass smashing is quite over done imo. Dr. Roy has seen it only a couple times in his decades of research and only with extremely large mantis.
I'm sorry but this recent re-resurection of the glass smashing is quite over done imo. Dr. Roy has seen it only a couple times in his decades of research and only with extremely large mantis.
nanoreef16g
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I will have a Mag 5 return I just don't want to have to buy more powerheads/circulation pumps.
nanoreef16g
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How about sand depth? Should I add any artificial burrows?
alot of peapole use pvc pipe but one of my favorite things about my mantisis is waching them build their homes from rocks ,sand,macro algie and whatever else thats in the tank. i would try and provide a big variety of different size rocks,pebbles,shells ect and let the mantis have at it, youll be amazed at what they can do with a pile of rocks.
nanoreef16g
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What about sand depth?
nanoreef16g
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Anyone see a problem with keeping maxi/mini's with a peacock?
Fartin'Gary
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I use a 3" black pvc pipe with a 2" reducer opening. It's just an elbow. I buried it under the crushed coral and live rock. My O. Scyllarus arranged a bunch of rubble around the opening and you can even tell there is a pipe in there. That was you don't have to worry about them digging. Mine is in a regular 30 gallon and is perfectly content. The breeder should be great. For filtration I have an Eheim 60 with a marineland power head. I also have some small rinky dink power head I used with my ten gallon tank. Plenty of flow and turbulence.
You can see her sticking her head out on the right entrance. She is a good decorator.
You can see her sticking her head out on the right entrance. She is a good decorator.
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Fartin'Gary
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Here is a better pic of how she covered the PVC. I think she has been eyeing the chromis lately.
nanoreef16g
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What about small live clams as food? Like cleaner clams people put in their fuges.
smaug1
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My peacock is in a 20 gal tall.I have had him for abput 6 months this way. I did add eggrate across the bottom as a bit of armor in case he wants to try and go deeper. I only added 2 inches of crushed coral but he has a huge amount of small rubble and shells to use as building material. Mine intents himself on masonry work and very little interest is shown in digging. If 30 gal is considered minimum I could possibly understand why as mine uses a very small portion of the tank he is in. I have seen mine swim the tank but have never thought he could jump out.
nanoreef16g
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Also seeing tons of stuff about keeping a peacock with NO light. The room he will be in is pretty dark so I'd never see him. I picked up a cheap LED light with 24 three watt LED's. I was going to block off about 1/3 of the lights. I want to keep it low light but still see the shrimp. The tank will be pretty shadowed. Does this seem like a problem?
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smaug1
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I have the elcheapo walmart 18w light on my tank and only turn it on for a few hours a day in the eveing for feeding and observation. They are much happier if the lights ar left off the majority of the time but as long as your light isn't too bright it shouldn't stress it for just a few hrs a day.
nanoreef16g
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OK got it. What about the clams?
