What do you think for a 14gal

rotarymagic

rotarymagic

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Originally Posted by socal57che
http:///forum/post/2807537
I just thought they needed more room. Not sure, but I thought I read that somewhere.
my fighting conch is 3inches and I've had it a year, hasn't really grown much more than that.. They might starve if you have a ridiculous clean up crew...
I've noticed my tanks do better with lesser cleaning crews that some people's idea of 5 snails per gallon.
maybe I'm just dead wrong, but if I keep having such ridiculous success... I don't ever want to be right!
 
socal57che

socal57che

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Originally Posted by Rotarymagic
http:///forum/post/2807538
my fighting conch is 3inches and I've had it a year, hasn't really grown much more than that.. They might starve if you have a ridiculous clean up crew...
I've noticed my tanks do better with lesser cleaning crews that some people's idea of 5 snails per gallon.
maybe I'm just dead wrong, but if I keep having such ridiculous success... I don't ever want to be right!
Ya, I'm prolly thinking of the queen conch.
 
socal57che

socal57che

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The Florida Fighting Conch makes a great addition to larger tanks. They eat brown diatoms (algae) that grow on live sand beds. Fighting Conchs will bury themselves in the sand bed and clean the upper layers. These Jumbo Conchs should not be placed in an aquarium less than 100 gallons.
https://www.saltwaterfish.com/
 
rotarymagic

rotarymagic

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Originally Posted by socal57che http:///forum/post/2807580

The Florida Fighting Conch makes a great addition to larger tanks. They eat brown diatoms (algae) that grow on live sand beds. Fighting Conchs will bury themselves in the sand bed and clean the upper layers. These Jumbo Conchs should not be placed in an aquarium less than 100 gallons.
https://www.saltwaterfish.com/
dude.. I don't want to get banned so I'll withhold my true feelings about swf.com's store and many others, SWF is just like an online version of an LFS, you hear lots of differnt things and lots of sites give differing advice. That advice is on par with people that say keep two 8inch fish i.e. 2 yellow tangs in a 240gallon and call it a day. My conch doesn't look like that, I think I have a tongan variety.
 
rotarymagic

rotarymagic

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SWF also states the minimum size for an XL show size red sea emperor angel is a 100gallon tank... 5foot tank for an 18inch fish? LOL
 
socal57che

socal57che

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I have a single little bear conch in our 72.
Seems like I've heard others say that fighting conches need a big tank. By the time you add rock to a nano there just isn't much open sand.
Maybe I should stick to the reef tank forum and let you nano people have this one.
 
rotarymagic

rotarymagic

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Originally Posted by socal57che
http:///forum/post/2807598
I have a single little bear conch in our 72.
Seems like I've heard others say that fighting conches need a big tank. By the time you add rock to a nano there just isn't much open sand.
Maybe I should stick to the reef tank forum and let you nano people have this one.
Well I understand reasonable things.. I personally wouldn't put ANY clowns in a 10gallon, but people have done worse...
http://www.***********.com/images/categories/thumbs/th-39321-snail.jpg
I got one of these (a tongan fighting conch, they don't get very big at all) except mine is now all pink caked with coralline... most of my snails are all pink too except for the nassarius.
In my twenty long I have 5 astreas, 6 bigger variety nassarius, 2 1/3inch blue leg hermits, 1 turbo snail, 1 tongan fighting conch.. he gets plenty to eat, my rocks don't look sterile... if he gets too hungry, I'll stick him in my "microalgae" fuge for a few weeks.. The only fish in there are two B&W misbar occellaris clowns that get fed everyday sometimes twice a day.. phosphates=0, nitrates=0... yea for rowaphos and microalgae fuge (soon to be a scrubber system once I get around to putting the plastic plate and pump system in there.)
 
scott&gina

scott&gina

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You two are funny but thanks for the adVICE.
ya I told Scott we need to get rid of them. We are gonna bag the crabs and hermits up and bring them back to the LFS. They keep picking at the Zoa's and even knocking them off the rocks. My camera isn't taken the pictures it normally takes because the batteries need to be charged. I just threw in cheapies and it won't zoom in very well with without the battery that actually belongs in the camera.
SO more pic.s to come.
Anyway how do I get pictures and post them so we can show what the tank looks like?
Anyway I will check on getting a clean up crew like you listed. Thanks for your help so much!!!! Ok so what are good inverts and kind of like what is a good stock in this tank you think?
 
scott&gina

scott&gina

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Hi

After the sea hare died the water never really spiked and we got most of the dead Hare out of the rock that it died in. I don't even know why the LFS was so determined for me to have him if it was not ever suppose to be right for my tank. Anyway our salinity has gone up to almost 1.026. It balances between 1.025 to 1.026. We added a buffer a couple days ago. We have added our weekly Reef Solution on Monday. And my boyfriend added a couple drops of the Ammonia Detox after the Sea Hare died. I
do my weekly water changes Friday evening so I won't do one until tommorow. So wierd though do you think it will hurt anything? We have Zoanthids, a fire fish Goby, two neon cleaning gobys, a turbo snail, emerald crabs, and hermits along with lots of feather dusters and hitchihikers. Will this high level hurt anything? And how do you get rid of fish poop floating on the white sand bed? I usually suck the most I can out during my water change and even use my net and a baster. It takes forever though. huh!
Any suggestions?
 
socal57che

socal57che

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Originally Posted by scott&gina http:///forum/post/2807867
Hi

After the sea hare died the water never really spiked and we got most of the dead Hare out of the rock that it died in. I don't even know why the LFS was so determined for me to have him if it was not ever suppose to be right for my tank. Anyway our salinity has gone up to almost 1.026. It balances between 1.025 to 1.026. We added a buffer a couple days ago. We have added our weekly Reef Solution on Monday. And my boyfriend added a couple drops of the Ammonia Detox after the Sea Hare died. I
do my weekly water changes Friday evening so I won't do one until tommorow. So wierd though do you think it will hurt anything? We have Zoanthids, a fire fish Goby, two neon cleaning gobys, a turbo snail, emerald crabs, and hermits along with lots of feather dusters and hitchihikers. Will this high level hurt anything? And how do you get rid of fish poop floating on the white sand bed? I usually suck the most I can out during my water change and even use my net and a baster. It takes forever though. huh!
Any suggestions?
I keep mine at 1.026. Are you using a hydrometer or a refractometer. Refractometers are far more accurate.
Inverts actually prefer the higher salnity/SG.
Don't add anything that you don't test for. I.E., don't add buffer if you don't know your alk and PH.
You really need to take the time to read through these threads from the New Hobbyist forum. Specifically water chemistry. Lioncrazz has done a wonderful job outlining the hobby in a nutshell, so to speak. He is currntly working on a book about the hobby.
Good stuff in there.
https://forums.saltwaterfish.com/t/264597/a-list-of-extremely-helpful-threads-for-all-hobbyists
and
https://forums.saltwaterfish.com/t/160830/beginners-12-step-program
and links to helpful threads
https://forums.saltwaterfish.com/t/301033/101-tips-to-beginning-and-maintaining-a-saltwater-aquarium
 
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