Am i cycling wrong?

[zacheyp]

no pics showed up let me try again

 

[zacheyp]

here they are

 

[needmorecowbell]

They look nice!

 

[zacheyp]

This is how I'm gonna fill out the tank.
7 mushrooms and a lobster
Royal gramma
A bleny or goby
1 more fish

 

[kurtyboh]

what kind of lobster? those are some nice clowns!

 

[AquaRick]

cool clowns!

 

[rdnelson99]

Very nice fish. Now aren't you gald you waited until your home was suitable for them?

 

[needmorecowbell]

what kind of lobster? those are some nice clowns!

Thats what I was thinking also, I've only seen them in fresh or tanks with a chiller

 

[SwimsWithFish]

Nice if your looking for stock ideas what about
1 royal gramma
And a yellow watchman goby with a pistol shrimp?

 

[kurtyboh]

oh my lfs has three sets already paired up... Just waiting for my clown to finish qt-and my dt to arrive, but then I'll have a pair for sure, unless of course their sold...

the smallest tank size for lobsters that I know of require a 50gal. Flame lobsters are pretty reef safe, but mole lobsters like to eat cuc's. Spiny lobsters are huge, like 40inches, and slippers are like a foot long, both eat anything the get near fish, shrimp clams and snails.

 

[zacheyp]

A reef lobster.

 

[kurtyboh]

unless im mistaken your 20 is a bit small for even a reef. I can only find one source that details tank size, it my marine invertebrate book by dr shimek. it lists teh reef lobster as 50gal min.

 

[zacheyp]

I heard it would be ok if I have a cave and lots of live rock which I do.

 

[kurtyboh]

just spouting what ive read.

 

[Ricksreef]

A lobster looks cool and all that .But once you put one in a reef tank you will be lucky to ever see it.I have had two in two different tanks over the years and the only time I ever saw them was with a red lens flashlight when the tank was dark.

 

[zacheyp]

i will do a pwc tomorow, on wendsday or thursday, i will get a royal gramma
this is the lobster i am looking at but i dont know min. tank size
Reef Lobster, Red Hawaiian
Saltwater Aquarium Inverts for Marine Reef Aquariums: Debelius' Reef Lobster
i will only get one, which is better?

 

[zacheyp]

also, are turbo snaails reef safe?

 

[kurtyboh]

you shouldnt have a problem using turbos.

 

[kurtyboh]

but dont add many at first, keep adding them as your tank matures or you notice they aren't keeping up... otherwise you'll just starve them and thats not nice

 

[zacheyp]

do you think wendsday is to soon to add a gramma and which lobster do you think is better?