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Originally Posted by bgrae001 to be honest with you... I have a 55 gal and all I have for a cleanup crew are 5 hermit crabs and a hand full of snails. I don't over feed and I use only ro/di water. I don't have any algae problems. The only thing I want to add is a emerald crab, but I cant get...

Well, a small one would be fine in a 55 for a year or two, but when it has to rely on 2 or 3 times that much food, you take em back to the fish store. We took those suckers back all the time and trade em out for a youngins. OR, you can stick em in your sump or fuge and alternate. We have had the...

Oh, and by "mess", I mean having more hair algae than you know what to do with, DIATOMS like crazy (that brown rusty looking crap everywhere, not to mention the build-up in the top layers of the substrate with will help cause a cyanobacteria out-brake, which I have personally seen make many...

Yes, that is mostly wrong. The only time I've seen the mentioned hermits eat any coral is when the coral was dead or almost dead. They can smell the decay as soon as it starts and they jump on it, usually. Blue legs and red legs are perfectly reef safe, as well as zebras and scarlets. As far as...

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can't really tell. Maybe a type of macroalgae?

Yeah, as long as you are not trying to keep anything deeper than 18-20 inches alive. That will work great for most things except for most clams and sps's.

Most crabs DO sift sand. lol But seriously, just throw some more simple inverts. If you want an effective sand sifter, get a SS star. Get em small, they grow fast!

No prob!

1. Set up tank. Fill with LR. Get pumps, heaters, filtration running. Make sure temp, SG, and PH are kosher. 2. Wait till you have no ammonia or nitrites. (Keep lights on during the day no more than 8-10 hours a day, until it's safe to put corals in the system.) THEN introduce the inverts.. 3...

cyanobacteria... green is just one of it's suits. Make sure the cartridges in your RO/DI don't need replacing, any of em. Maybe try a little chem filtration if it doesn't subside.

Yeah, do a wet test, put a towel under it and let it sit for 10 minutes. Check the towel. No water, buy the tank. That plastic piece can be reinforced better though.

Not in a tank that small. He'll run out of food REAL quick.

You need A LOT more crabs and snails. With that setup, I would put 30-40 MORE hermits (red foots, zebras, just not too many blue legs- too aggressive), and 20 astrea snails, keep the turbos you have, just don't get any more. Depending on what type of turbos they are, they might die very soon due...

1. Just use the "prefilter grid". Nothin wrong with that. 2. No, don't use the venturi, at least not for a reef tank. It should come with a little plug for it. Hope this helps!

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Originally Posted by huskychasrs I cannot participate in this thread for the fear of being banned for life Ditto!

hmmm. Strange. I'd call em!

"I wanted to tell her" -Ministry

Yeah, it's basically heroine, just diluted. I'm not a med or pharm student, but that's what I've heard.