Originally Posted by
Rykna
I hear you there.....I let the tank cycle for almost 4 months just to make sure everything was okay. The clean up crew in the sh tank is not what it should be. I have 2 very fat margarita snails(now only 1) who cannot keep up with the lawnmowing and my bluelegged hermits crabs have dwindled down to one. This remaining hermit, I believe is a canibal. I have extra shells in the tank, but I guess they weren't good enough. He ate all his friends and after they were gone I witnessed him scrapping out the last tidbits of a margarita snail. After he finished his dinner he proceeded to tank over the empty shell!!!So currently I have extra algae scrapping duties and I am still trying to get the right flow.
I'd stick to the snails and get a sand tiger sifting star. I have a 2 inch sand bed and my tiger star is quite happy to clean up after dinner time.
Watching Valiant is a treat!!!I look forward to seeing pics of your horses!!! :happyfish
Yeah, I figure on letting my tank go for quite a while too...not sure how long just yet, I guess that depends on tests and so on. I was really thinking that I would forego the hermits in this tank, just because they raise such havoc in my reef. I still have a couple of them in there, but I'm not adding anymore. I thought that I would put in the cleaning crew after the cycle, then my clown gobies to help boost the bioload a bit before chancing my horses. What do you think?
I thought for the sand, I would put in some of those nassarius snails. I have some in my reef tank, and I think they're kind of creepy, but they sure do the job with the sand and taking care of excess food, detrius, etc.
One of the hermits I have in my reef yet is strutting around the tank in a little astrea snail shell. He just thinks he's all that and a bag of chips...
That's it for now.
Lisa :happyfish
i'll get some pictures asap.
