mdmcss
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I have had a freshwater tank in my office for two years and have decided to try saltwater.
I have the following system:
150 Gal Oceanic tank with oceanic slump
2 heaters
2 9.2 mag drive pumps
200 lbs live rock
5 in. live sand
Protien Skimmer
The tank has been up and cycling since 12/18/04 with nothing else in it. After five weeks the brown algae was gone and the tanks top portion was showing considerable green growth.
The water was 0 am, 0 nitrate, 0 nitrite, 8.4 ph, 420 cal, 125.3 KH.
I added the following crew:
2 fire blood shrimp (1 died)
1 anomene hermit crab
6 blue leg hermit crab
4 bumblebee snails
4 mex turbo snails
5 Trochus snails
5 Astrea snails
4 Red scarlet hermit crabs
2 blue electric crabs
2 emerald crabs
Everything I read says to add much more than this but I dont want to over do it. I plan on adding more in a few days, I wanted the tank to get use to them. Do I need more?
I think I killed one of the fire shrimp. During acclamation I had them both in the same bucket together. I was under the belief that they were compatible. One chased the other and may have stressed him out. I used the drip method over a two hour period. When I put them in the tank I put one on each side the dominant one went straight for cover the now dead one sat on a open rock for two hours and then died. What did I do wrong?
I want to start adding fish. I would like to have two mated pair of different clown fish one for each side of the aquarium. The system is six feet long and I would like to put an anomene on each side to accommodate both pair. Is this possible? What would be the best two breeds to try. Should I put them in all at the same time? Should I wait several more weeks and put the anomenes in first?
I noticed that after adding these critters the calicum level is testing lower what is the best way to replace it? it at 340 now.
Thanks for your info
I have the following system:
150 Gal Oceanic tank with oceanic slump
2 heaters
2 9.2 mag drive pumps
200 lbs live rock
5 in. live sand
Protien Skimmer
The tank has been up and cycling since 12/18/04 with nothing else in it. After five weeks the brown algae was gone and the tanks top portion was showing considerable green growth.
The water was 0 am, 0 nitrate, 0 nitrite, 8.4 ph, 420 cal, 125.3 KH.
I added the following crew:
2 fire blood shrimp (1 died)
1 anomene hermit crab
6 blue leg hermit crab
4 bumblebee snails
4 mex turbo snails
5 Trochus snails
5 Astrea snails
4 Red scarlet hermit crabs
2 blue electric crabs
2 emerald crabs
Everything I read says to add much more than this but I dont want to over do it. I plan on adding more in a few days, I wanted the tank to get use to them. Do I need more?
I think I killed one of the fire shrimp. During acclamation I had them both in the same bucket together. I was under the belief that they were compatible. One chased the other and may have stressed him out. I used the drip method over a two hour period. When I put them in the tank I put one on each side the dominant one went straight for cover the now dead one sat on a open rock for two hours and then died. What did I do wrong?
I want to start adding fish. I would like to have two mated pair of different clown fish one for each side of the aquarium. The system is six feet long and I would like to put an anomene on each side to accommodate both pair. Is this possible? What would be the best two breeds to try. Should I put them in all at the same time? Should I wait several more weeks and put the anomenes in first?
I noticed that after adding these critters the calicum level is testing lower what is the best way to replace it? it at 340 now.
Thanks for your info
