Starting a new tank..

[joy13]

For the CUC you thinking of crabs and snails or just snails? I like Florida Cerith, nassarius and astera snail, I like how the turbo snails clean up algae but they are bulldozers. Crabs emerald and a couple of hermit crabs if you are going to have crabs in the tank. Some people like crabs and others don't one of my tanks doesn't have any in it but that is just because I have a coral banded shrimp that would probably kill them.

 

[XxVooDooxX]

I have a CBS with an emerald and about 15 blue leg hermits and they get along just fine

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[needmorecowbell]

You sure can, are you going to add live rock as well?

Ya could I use that instead of the carbon and put a light over it? I hAve A sump also. It will be my main filtration so I'm really not sure if I
Should even use it.

 

[XxVooDooxX]

If your using LR in your DT don't use carbon. You don't need it

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[hackteck]

would anything bad happen if you did use carbon?

 

[needmorecowbell]

So what is the point of a Hob filter? Circulation?

 

[XxVooDooxX]

No an HOB filter is used when you don't have a sump. And no nothing bad will happen you just don't want to use it all the time. You can use it monthly to polish the water or remove meds in the tank

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[needmorecowbell]

K thank you. I already have a sump so I guess it's useless.

 

[XxVooDooxX]

Haha yeah I'm putting a sump under my new tank and am thankful that I don't need an HOB on this one! Good luck!

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[hackteck]

No an HOB filter is used when you don't have a sump. And no nothing bad will happen you just don't want to use it all the time. You can use it monthly to polish the water or remove meds in the tank

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oh ok Thanks for the info

 

[XxVooDooxX]

You bet

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[needmorecowbell]

Thanks it is finished and here are the end results.

 

[Xathos]

For the CUC you thinking of crabs and snails or just snails? I like Florida Cerith, nassarius and astera snail, I like how the turbo snails clean up algae but they are bulldozers. Crabs emerald and a couple of hermit crabs if you are going to have crabs in the tank. Some people like crabs and others don't one of my tanks doesn't have any in it but that is just because I have a coral banded shrimp that would probably kill them.

I like the blue-legged hermit crab and crab emeralds.. Are they any disadvantages to having hermit crabs?

 

[XxVooDooxX]

None that I can think of. I really enjoy watching my emerald and hermits

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[needmorecowbell]

Only thing I can think of is them killing snails for shells. That won't happen if you buy more shells though.

 

[XxVooDooxX]

+1

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[Xathos]

Did some tests and ammonia and nitrite are 0 for the first time! Wooohoo! Nitrate is 5ppm. Gonna leave it 2-3 more days and make sure the level is stable then add my CUC! Ahh, so exciting.

 

[XxVooDooxX]

Nice. Good job!! Have you decided what your getting for a CUC?

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[Xathos]

You can see some of the dead matter from the live rock on this picture on the sand bed.

 

[XxVooDooxX]

That's some nice looking rock!

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