First CUC

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ryno368

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ok i want to order this crew from a website and i want to know if they will fight and is it safe to add all of them at the same time?
5 Mexican Turbo Snails
25 Blue leg Hermits
10 Nassarius Snails
3 Sexy Shrimp
1 Feather Duster
2 Peppermint Shrimp
10 Bumble Bee Snails
1 Horseshoe Crab
1 Coral Banded Shrimp
2 Cleaner Shrimp
10 Cerith Snails
10 Astea Snails
1 Halloween Hermit Crab
 
hunt

hunt

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how big is your tank, espesially if there is a horseshoe crab, they get huge, and need a ton of space, also do you have corals
 
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ryno368

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100g tank with 20g sump, 4 inches of sand and 115 lbs of rock
no fishes yet
want to put corals yes
 
hunt

hunt

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Horseshoe crabs need at least a 250g tank, if you do get one, it will prabably be only 2-3 inches, keep in mind, the can grow to 24in long, and 12in accross, Most websites say they are 2-3in, that is when you get them, they will grow. I would not get that order, CBS(coral banded shrimp) is almost the same thing, it will come to you small, but it will grow big enough to catch small fish, and will prabably kill the other smaller shrimp in the tank.
Bumblebee snails are not very efficiant in cleaning tanks,(IMO) Most people get them for looks. I would oarder reef safe inverts separatly, that you did reaserch on and know they will be compatible.
HOW old is the tank?
 
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shrimpy brains

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I agree with Hunt. Your list is good if you take out the horseshoe, CBS, and Bumble Bee Snails.
 
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ryno368

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the tank is a week old but ready to go and i dont mind taking out the horseshoe crab and CBS but like u said the bumble bee snails were for looks only i understand they are not the best cleaners. this is gonna be the first additions to my tank
 
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shrimpy brains

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Do a search on here for bumble bees. I am pretty sure they are whelks and will eat your other snails. I am not 100% positive though!
As far as looks, they are very small, and I don't think you will see them often in 100g!
 
hunt

hunt

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The risks are hardly woth the benifits in this case, if they get hungry in your 1 week old tank with little algea, they will eat zoas, worms, shrimp, otheer snails, ect. They also tend to stay in rocks during the day, they are nocturnal and you will prabably only see a few during the day. i would not get them if i were you.
 
jrod4u

jrod4u

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agree with previous post, by the way, wanted to say hello, small world, and pretty close to you in grand rapids
 
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ryno368

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ok so i drop the bumble bee snails and the horse shoe crab and the CBS here is what the list looks like now.
5 Mexican Turbo Snails
25 Blue leg Hermits
10 Nassarius Snails
3 Sexy Shrimp
1 Feather Duster
2 Peppermint Shrimp
2 Cleaner Shrimp
10 Cerith Snails
10 Astea Snails
1 Halloween Hermit Crab
what about a Tonga Nassarius Snail
and no one has yet said if i could add them all at the same time lol
 
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saxman

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bumblebees are indeed predatory whelks, i'd nix them.
IMHO, that's WAAAAAAY to many hermits. they'll begin to starve, and when they starve, guess what they'll eat...your snails! personally, i'd wait on the hermits, or cut them down to about 10 for now. to be honest, in my 100 gal, i have 4 scarlets and that's plenty.
i'd go with a half dozen Nassarius and a half dozen hermits
for now.
i'd add in a half dozen Nerites as well as the Cerith and Astrea, and maybe a couple of large Trochus.
leave out the turbos until you end up with HA.
your tank is too new for a duster, and you'll need to feed it live phyto, so that's up to you.
hold off on the sexy shrimp until you have a 'nem or a similar coral for them to host in.
once you see how your tank is running, then you can boost the critters based on what your tank needs.
JM .02
 
hunt

hunt

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Im not sure if this is true, but ive read on a few sites that sexy shrimp, and other anenome crustations irritate the anenome
I think it would be cool to get one, so can i get some clarification on this
 
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ryno368

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thanks for the input guys im gonna drive to panama city tomorrow and pick up a few hermits and snails and maybe 2 clowns and see how they do
 
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