ric's species only tank diary

ric maniac

ric maniac

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hey! im doing a cc star species only tank. my tank is a 5g hex tank. im going to use 10 lbs of sand, and 8 lbs of lr. here is a pic of the tank. im going to my lfs tomorrow and getting some ls and lr. im using a 50/50 10w bulb for the tank as well.
 
jerthunter

jerthunter

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Awww, I read the title and thought you were starting a ricordea species only tank. Oh well, I guess a starfish tank would be interesting.
 
jerthunter

jerthunter

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I guess some seastars are cool, I would love to have a doughboy star but apparently they eat coral so I guess they would require a non reef tank.
Do you think 5 gal will be big enough for a cc star? I personally have no idea, just curious.
 
ric maniac

ric maniac

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ya, it is because i was thinking of doing a herlequin shrimp tank, and someone said that i could use this tank for 3 or 4 stars as food for the shrimp.
 
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smartorl

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Harlequins are neat but so tiny! I was expecting them to be much larger. Keep us posted whichever direction you go.
 
ric maniac

ric maniac

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i dont think im going to do a herlequin tank purely because of size liek you said. too tiny for me. but im not saying they arent cool
 
lion_crazz

lion_crazz

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I personally do not think that will be even close to being big enough for a chocolate chip star. Besides, stars need a very mature tank. My chocolate chip would definitely not fit in a tank that size.
 
ric maniac

ric maniac

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really? i had a few people tell me it would work on here. but you proabably know better than i. any ideas on where i go with this tank?
 
lion_crazz

lion_crazz

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If it were me, I would use it as a cool goby tank. Find a goby that you like and center a little reef around that. A few suggestions would be:
-shrimp/goby pair
-green and yellow clown gobies
-yasha hase goby
-grissingeri goby
 
ric maniac

ric maniac

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ok, i looked around and i found one that i really liked. its a Randalli shrimp goby. i think i might just do an invert tank tho.
 
brandan

brandan

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Originally Posted by Jerthunter
Awww, I read the title and thought you were starting a ricordea species only tank.
LOL, that was the exact same thing I was thinking. . .hahaha
 
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rattler739

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Originally Posted by lion_crazz
I personally do not think that will be even close to being big enough for a chocolate chip star. Besides, stars need a very mature tank. My chocolate chip would definitely not fit in a tank that size.
Sort of, cc get pretty big but dont the grow pretty slow so you could definatly start it out in a tank that small but way later down the road you would have to move it.
And as for the mature tank my gf found a 6legged one and she wined and cried (not lilterally) till i let her get one but she had to start a seperate tank (turned into my 2nd tank) and i put about 10lbs of ls in a 5 1/2g and a lot of lr rubble and about 2 days later put in the cc star and he has been doin great for 4months. (there is also a couple of hermits, snails and one clownfish)
 
ric maniac

ric maniac

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i think im gonna get a cc star or two and put them in a larger tank when they get bigger. here is another pic and my cycle is almost done yay.
im also going to get some more lr soon.
 
triga22

triga22

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Originally Posted by Jerthunter
Awww, I read the title and thought you were starting a ricordea species only tank. Oh well, I guess a starfish tank would be interesting.
Me too.. Mabye I can do that ?
 
triga22

triga22

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Ok. I still think that this tank will be cool. Im not very familiar with starfish so this should help me out.
 
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