What CUC do you run in your SPS tank
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wakeboardgeek
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only snails because I got tired of my hermits eating my snails; astrea and mexicans in BB. I did have nassarius and cerith when i had a sandbed.
prospectclmt
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I have some turbos, astreas, nassarius, nassarius vibex and margarita snails. Peppermint shrimps, red leg and blue leg hermits and some other ones, and my coral banded shrimp likes to eat scraps.
Yeah I've had problems with snails on the rocks, a hitchiker crab I have (and I can't get out the tank) takes them out. Money cowries seem crab proof, the opening slot is just too small for a crab to wrench them out.
Red leg hermits seem to be the best behaved crabs I have had.
I may look more into getting some snails for the sandbed, that's got to be a good thing to have and doubt crabs would take them out? Can they run out of food in the sand or do they eat anything going?
Red leg hermits seem to be the best behaved crabs I have had.
I may look more into getting some snails for the sandbed, that's got to be a good thing to have and doubt crabs would take them out? Can they run out of food in the sand or do they eat anything going?
Very limited number of hermits, maybe 10 in my 211G tank.
A number of different snail species including turbos, ceriths and nerites. I like the big turbos but can't seem to keep them alive anymore since I started vodka dosing, I don't seem to grow enough of what they like on the glass. I'm a big believer in serpent stars, I have two in there. I feed a lot of mysis and those guys hunt down any lost mysis shrimp. I find the white pincushion urchins do a good job on some of the shaggier algae that I have. Also grind a lot of coralline off the rocks! I have two of those, one big and one small. They are a lot more energetic than the blue tux urchins, I don't think I would like them in a smaller tank. I have a blood shrimp and a couple of skunk cleaners, don't know if they count.
A number of different snail species including turbos, ceriths and nerites. I like the big turbos but can't seem to keep them alive anymore since I started vodka dosing, I don't seem to grow enough of what they like on the glass. I'm a big believer in serpent stars, I have two in there. I feed a lot of mysis and those guys hunt down any lost mysis shrimp. I find the white pincushion urchins do a good job on some of the shaggier algae that I have. Also grind a lot of coralline off the rocks! I have two of those, one big and one small. They are a lot more energetic than the blue tux urchins, I don't think I would like them in a smaller tank. I have a blood shrimp and a couple of skunk cleaners, don't know if they count.
