Finntastic
Aquarium Advice Addict
Pom Pom Crab or Halloween Hermit Crab. And I still vote for the Yellow Stripe Clingfish.
Pom Pom Crab or Halloween Hermit Crab. And I still vote for the Yellow Stripe Clingfish.
The Halloweens get big for a hermit. I questioned owning one in my 40 breeder. Mine is still small, but equal to my almost full grown scarlets. The pom poms and porcelains are cool though. I enjoy my porcelain crab. He hangs out in my blue symposium 24/7 filtering the water column with his fans. The bumble bee shrimp are like harlequins which feed on echinoderms (starfish). So they can become pricey to feed.
Yes, any anemone can sting coral. I'm not sure if I would worry too much about is singing fish though. Any fish in their right mind would probably steer clear of a crab wielding duel anemones. LOL. I really don't know much about these crabs personally but they are pretty cool looking. You could always do a shrimp like a cleaner or fire shrimp. If you want a safe crab (for a crab anyways as they are ask opportunistic feeders) check out the strawberry crabs and porcelain crabs. There are different color variations of the porcelains too.Thanks for the input Finn and Paul. I didn't know that about the bumble bee.. Bummer lol.
I really like the Pom Pom crab but I read that it's little "anemones" can sting my fish and coral. How true is this?
Caleb
Sent via TARDIS
And most likely the coral would be fine because the anemones are so small.
You could always do a few of these depending on what fish you plan to keep as they are pretty small and can become a pricey snack. They are very interesting in looks and behavior.
Saltwater Invertebrates for Marine Reef Aquariums: Sexy Anemone Shrimp
I plan on *ATTEMPTING* my first salt batch in the 5g buckets tonight. running a heater and a powerhead in the buckets.
Sent via TARDIS
This is why you use a fast mixing salt!
None of this overnight crap...
Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice
Where may I find this fast mixing reef salt? Lol
Oh and bless you whoever it was told me about the mag float. I love it to death and cleaned all my tanks today with it!
Caleb
Sent via TARDIS
Where may I find this fast mixing reef salt? Lol
Oh and bless you whoever it was told me about the mag float. I love it to death and cleaned all my tanks today with it!
Caleb
Sent via TARDIS
Tropic Marin Pro Reef and Red Sea Coral Pro are fantastically fast.
I use Red Sea CP, mix for about 1/2 an hour and heat for 2 hours.
Tropic Marin is a similar deal.
They're amazing.
Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice
Well there you go! The cleaner shrimp will actually clean your hang when you have it in the tank. The one I used to have would clean my cuticles and it was a weird feeling.Going to check that out. Though waiting 24 hours doesn't bother me.
Done some in depth reading on shrimp and found a compatibility chart. According to that sexy shrimp and cleaner shrimp are completely compatible in a nano reef
Caleb
Sent via TARDIS
Well there you go! The cleaner shrimp will actually clean your hang when you have it in the tank. The one I used to have would clean my cuticles and it was a weird feeling.
I read that! Honestly I can wait to try that ��
Caleb
Sent via TARDIS