Hi all!
After pouring over as many threads as I could and trying to absorb as much information as I could, I've decided to purchase my very own stomatopod; G. smithii to be exact. Here's the catcher though:
I have never owned a saltwater aquarium, let alone a live reef tank! :lol:
So! I'll be hitting it head on with two fronts: Caring for an awesomely aggressive inveterate, and caring for an awesomely finicky miniature see of coral.
What my initial setup is: a 55 gallon tank for my main tank, a 10 gallon separate tank that will be later used as a sump tank or for just a food starter tank (I plan to spoil G. smithii on a healthy diet of entertaining crabs), and two live rocks, one for each tank. My LFS has supplied me with a 'starter pack' of sorts, giving me livesand, sugar sized 'dead' sand and fauxcrete rocks as an add-in bonus to the filters/pumps/salt/heaters I purchased.
Well, I'm off to find an appropriate container to transport/salinate/declorify my water so I can get this water-zoo on the road. I'll see if I can get pictures posted of my poorly lit living room by tonight. Just wanted to let everyone know that they had another member floating around!
Thanks!
Jack
After pouring over as many threads as I could and trying to absorb as much information as I could, I've decided to purchase my very own stomatopod; G. smithii to be exact. Here's the catcher though:
I have never owned a saltwater aquarium, let alone a live reef tank! :lol:
So! I'll be hitting it head on with two fronts: Caring for an awesomely aggressive inveterate, and caring for an awesomely finicky miniature see of coral.
What my initial setup is: a 55 gallon tank for my main tank, a 10 gallon separate tank that will be later used as a sump tank or for just a food starter tank (I plan to spoil G. smithii on a healthy diet of entertaining crabs), and two live rocks, one for each tank. My LFS has supplied me with a 'starter pack' of sorts, giving me livesand, sugar sized 'dead' sand and fauxcrete rocks as an add-in bonus to the filters/pumps/salt/heaters I purchased.
Well, I'm off to find an appropriate container to transport/salinate/declorify my water so I can get this water-zoo on the road. I'll see if I can get pictures posted of my poorly lit living room by tonight. Just wanted to let everyone know that they had another member floating around!
Thanks!
Jack