Bio load of hermits and snails

[adivedog]

How much of a bio load, if any, would say a dozen scarlet hermits and a dozen astreas cause.?? <img src="graemlins//confused.gif" border="0" alt="[confused]" />

 

[adivedog]

By the way, am talking about a 30 gal. long tank, with about 12# of lr and sand

 

[therock0861]

Inverts have little to no effest on your Bio-Load so don't worry about it you should be able to add them without a problem.

 

[fshhub]

exactly, it is not even a measurable amount if any

 

[striker]

With only 12lbs of lr I don't think that many turbos and hermits would be needed. I'm not positive but I think if they don't have enough algae to eat they might starve. I have 55lbs of lr in my 29gallon and only got 3 large trochus snails and 20 hermits. The bio-load however would be no problem.

 

[bbreaux1]

i dont see how live rock would change the amount of algae in a tank for a clean up crew to eat on

 

[striker]

Lr produces more algae in the tank with the surface area it covers and because of it's bio-diversity. I have never seen hermit crabs eating off the glass or my substrate. Those buggers are constantly scraping away at the lr.

 

[nanci]

My hermit carbs will grab at the left over food on the bottom soemtimes I even see my emrald grab at brine as its floating down,