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brittonv
03/10/2015, 09:00 AM
Finally getting there...

I have been curing my Pukani rock in a cooler for a while now and it is ready to get in my DT...

I am slow growing this tank and have full plans for QT and all that fun stuff sorted out. I am in no hurry.

Before I put any fish in my tank my plan is to have min 10 week period before the last "anything wet" has been added to the tank and the first QT'd Fish has been added. I will do any and everything I can to avoid Ich.

Before I start stocking my tank I want to establish biodiversity in my Reefugium. FWIW, my Fuge will be a Chaeto/Miracle Mud system.

My plan is to add Pods and Chaeto but what else should I be looking at to seed my Reefugium?

Some things I have bee looking at are:
Hair Worms (http://www.inlandaquatics.com/shopping/saltwater/saltwater-detritivores-starter-kits?product_id=809)
Miniature Brittle stars (http://www.inlandaquatics.com/shopping/saltwater/saltwater-detritivores-starter-kits?product_id=570)
Whatever a MicroVert Starter Culture (http://www.inlandaquatics.com/shopping/saltwater/saltwater-detritivores-starter-kits?product_id=531) is


What else should I be looking at or should I be avoiding anything?

brittonv
03/11/2015, 03:20 PM
Anybody?

Mustang67
03/11/2015, 06:17 PM
Not sure myself, but I found this. http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2171182

Hope it helps

stingeragent
03/11/2015, 07:03 PM
Don't pay 3 bucks a pop for those brittle stars. I got a few in a piece of live rock from my LFS. In about a year, i have literally hundreds of them. I can't look at a piece of rock in my tank without seeing 20 different legs sticking out. Have you looked at mangroves at all? I'm in the process of setting up my first fuge and think im gonna put a few of those in mine.