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I have a 36 gallon tank that has been running for about a year now. I have a stable population of 10-11 hermit crabs, 4 snails, 1 Ocellaris clownfish, 1 green warpaint clown goby and 1 Bangai cardinal. Over the course of the year, I have tried a couple of cleaner shrimp without much success...

36 gallon tank, photos of my current stock

I have a 36 gallon tank that has been running for about 8 months and I have successfully kept a mix of swimming fish alive (clownish, royal gramma, green warpaint clown goby and bangai cardinal). But other than hermit crabs, I have had no success with invertebrates. Snails, cleaner shrimp...

I have a 36 gallon tank with a clownfish and royal gramma. I want to add a Bangai cardinal and a green war paint clown goby. Does that seem reasonable?

I have a 36 gallon tank that's been up and running for about 6 months. I have a clownfish, a royal gramma, a peppermint shrimp and about 10 hermit crabs of varying species that have all been doing well since their staggered introductions (shrimp and crabs about 4 months, clownfish about 3...

New to the hobby, this forum has been really useful in both directly answering my questions and also for reading through past threads to gain knowledge. I started cycling my tank in early December. Thirty-six gallon bowfront tank with a canister filter (I know, I know...I'll get to this in a...

Are cleaner shrimp generally hardy? I had one last about a week and a half and then died. He was quite active all over the tank during that time. I want to get another one to replace him, but not if folks here indicate that they are hard to keep alive? Tank is relatively new and has 10...

New 36 gallon tank. Cycled for 2 months, slowly built up a clean up crew that currently is made up of 1 peppermint shrimp, 1 cleaner shrimp and about 10 hermit crabs (varied species). Nitrites are 0, nitrates are below 20 with semi-regular ghost feeding (flakes). Salinity is 1.024. This is...

I'm looking for some advice on how many clean up crew members my new tank should have. I set up a 36 gallon tank with about 30 pounds of live rock 2 months ago. I got the diatom/brown algae build up after about 6 weeks and added a clean up crew of hermit crabs, snails and a peppermint shrimp...

I purchased a clean up crew for my new 36 gallon tank 1 week ago that included 10 snails, 10 hermit crabs, 1 cleaner clam and 1 peppermint shrimp. The shrimp molted the first night and then hid under a rock and I haven't seen him since. The hermit crabs and snails are doing well (2 snails...

New 36 gallon tank (live rock, no coral). I added a clean up crew of 10 hermit crabs, 10 snails, 1 cleaner clam and 1 peppermint shrimp. All but the clam seem to have survived pretty well (a few snail casualties as well). It's been 5 days since I added this crew and they have made a huge dent...

Cleaner snails, cleaner clam, hermit crabs, peppermint shrimp. How long should I drip acclimate this crew? And can I acclimate them all together?

36 gallon tank. Live rock and no coral. The tank has been cycling for 16 days. I’m beginning to see algae on the live rocks and on the sand (before I did my first water change/gravel siphon two days ago). Nitrates and nitrites are still pretty high. I should wait until those levels fall to zero...

I'm just starting a tank. I let the water and live sand cycle for about a week and then added live rock. Several sea stars and small crabs emerged from the rock within about 24 hours. But now, about 48 hours after that, those inverts seem to be dying. There are several other visible worms and...