TheORKINMan
07/21/2008, 11:14 PM
So I've been completely rebuilding my tank which is a 30 long as I neglected it for a long time.
I've got the sand bed cleaned up, as well as the 35 or so lbs of live rock, no algae outbreaks to speak of, flow and water params are good.
Tank inhabitants are currently:
1 Honeycomb Damsel
1 Emerald Crab
2 Bumblebee Snails
About 5 Turbos
3 Ceriths
5 or so hermits
A frag of pulsing Xenia
A Frag of Palys
Red Brittle Star
Sand Sifting Star - Note: The Sand Sifting Star is borrowed to help clean up my sand bed as it had gotten quite bad, he's being returned this Wed to his home which is much larger.
Now what I'd like to move on to is rebuilding my copepod/amphipod population as it seems to be at or close to zero. I used to see them on the glass or scurrying around rocks at night but never see anything anymore. So I'm thinking of buying one of those 1000+ pod packs off of ebay that have a bunch of different species. Before I sink money into that I was wondering if any of the above listed inhabitants is going to make that purchase a huge waste of money. I don't mind letting the damsel stay as he is the sole survivor of my neglect, unless he's giong to cause problems with the pod population. Ideally I'd like to let it run fishless for a while, while I add some corals, rock and the aforementioned pods and let the pod population build up some.
*takes a breath*
SO, if anyone could give me some advice or point out any problems with the setup or inhabitants please help me out :) I'm trying to go about rebuilding it patiently this time so that I don't waste money/start neglecting it like I did last time.
I've got the sand bed cleaned up, as well as the 35 or so lbs of live rock, no algae outbreaks to speak of, flow and water params are good.
Tank inhabitants are currently:
1 Honeycomb Damsel
1 Emerald Crab
2 Bumblebee Snails
About 5 Turbos
3 Ceriths
5 or so hermits
A frag of pulsing Xenia
A Frag of Palys
Red Brittle Star
Sand Sifting Star - Note: The Sand Sifting Star is borrowed to help clean up my sand bed as it had gotten quite bad, he's being returned this Wed to his home which is much larger.
Now what I'd like to move on to is rebuilding my copepod/amphipod population as it seems to be at or close to zero. I used to see them on the glass or scurrying around rocks at night but never see anything anymore. So I'm thinking of buying one of those 1000+ pod packs off of ebay that have a bunch of different species. Before I sink money into that I was wondering if any of the above listed inhabitants is going to make that purchase a huge waste of money. I don't mind letting the damsel stay as he is the sole survivor of my neglect, unless he's giong to cause problems with the pod population. Ideally I'd like to let it run fishless for a while, while I add some corals, rock and the aforementioned pods and let the pod population build up some.
*takes a breath*
SO, if anyone could give me some advice or point out any problems with the setup or inhabitants please help me out :) I'm trying to go about rebuilding it patiently this time so that I don't waste money/start neglecting it like I did last time.