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04/14/2019, 07:25 AM | #1 |
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Hi guys, got my 80g tank nearly ready to go, levels are nice. Just wondering how many cuc I should aim for. Its going to be fowlr set up. Blue legged hermits, nassarius snails and urchins are on the list but what else?
Stocking plan is Pair of clowns Foxface Toby puffer Dwarf angel Dwarf lion Some sort of wrasse possibly 3 Leopards. Thanks in advance. Sent from my CLT-L09 using Tapatalk |
04/15/2019, 02:36 PM | #2 |
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Some of the online sellers have assorted packs based on tank size. I would not recommend adding both hermits and snails. I know many do it, including me, but the hermits WILL kill he snails for both food and for the shells. Do one or the other, but not both.
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04/15/2019, 05:10 PM | #3 |
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another thing to consider is buying snails that can right themselves when they tip over. it gets pretty old reaching into the tank to help flip snails over and over
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04/16/2019, 03:46 AM | #5 |
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My clean up crew...works great! |
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04/16/2019, 03:59 AM | #7 | |
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But I was thinking about it yesterday. One of the very first reef aquariums that I ever saw was a 90 gallon filled with a wall of live rock that was covered in green hair algae. It had a big fat yellow tang and a clarki clownfish as the only two fish in the tank. I loved it! The way the hair algae swayed back and forth with the water current was mesmerizing. I still wonder even today why people don't want it? Obviously if it chokes out corals that is a major downside...but is there an upside to having it if you didn't have corals? Natural nutrient export which would make it beneficial to the aquarium? More like a nature ecosystem... |
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04/16/2019, 04:07 AM | #9 | |
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I don't ever use urchins because I've seen them strip live rock. Last edited by j.falk; 04/16/2019 at 04:13 AM. |
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04/16/2019, 06:18 AM | #10 |
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I don’t use any crabs whatsoever as the will catch and kill anything they can including fish and they do I useless job cleaning algae. The Urchin will strip your rock and knock
Over corals. Stick with snails, ninja astrea for green, Mexican turbo for red/brown and yes, the Nassau for the sand Keep nutrient poor water and you will not have algae |
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I keep a conch along with the nass. for sand (plus I just love them)
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04/16/2019, 05:24 PM | #12 |
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I’m not sure hermits are going to be the answer to hair algae. Of all that I’ve had, they only ever pick it clean of floating food particles, but never eat the algae.
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04/18/2019, 02:47 PM | #13 | |
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These guys too. Do a Google search. All kinds of things can be found that way!
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04/20/2019, 03:17 AM | #14 |
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I've got a mix of hermits and snails and no problems. My tuxedo urchin doesn't strip anything.
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04/20/2019, 08:24 AM | #15 |
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All crabs eat snails
Urchins rasp to bare rock |
04/20/2019, 07:56 PM | #16 |
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QFT I am not sure why it is so hard to get across to people. Anecdotal evidence aside crabs are NOT reef safe. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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04/22/2019, 07:42 AM | #17 |
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Had one stalk and catch a clown in his claws from the belly alive, then walk around the tank with his prize, not overly big, size of a dime.
So I trapped him in a rock crevice and returned the favour. What I have noticed is once every crab was removed 24 months ago, I still have every snail all corals extended, no mysterious overnight disappearances. Crabs, especially at night, is like letting Jack the Ripper wander the tank. Talk about stress! |
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