Originally Posted by TangWhispr
Hi everyone, new guy here, been in the hobby for years, but just found this site....To keep the girlfriend happy I need more crabs in shrimps or stars, thats all she seems to care about...we have:
125 gal
about 130# LR
some soft coral
1 cleaner shrimp
1 coral banded shrimp
1 Blood shrimp
5 emerald crabs
4 Porcelin crabs
1 Tiger star
1 green brittle
Open to suggestions.
Eric
First, I would add more LR before adding more inverts. You only have 125. IMO that is the minimum for what you already have, considering you have 2 starfish already, and they require a large amount of LR to graze on.
You could add more brittle stars, they are easy care and can "grab" other foods from the water column that the other stars can't.
Scarlet hermits or blue legged are a nice addition.
Peppermint shrimps are good for controlling aptasiaand are neat to watch rock back and forth when perched on the lr. They are the only ones I would add with the load you have in shrimp already. The CBS may get antsy if too many other shrimp are in his hizzy.
Orange linkia are obvious choices if your water parameters are good, and you add more, older mature LR.
