acclimation of cleaner shrimp!!!

[zach119]

i just acclimated my skunk cleaner shrimp for 2 hours and when i went to get him out with the cup i was gonna use he looked dead but when i put him in my tank he livened right up will he be ok ??? and also what do i feed him is my lr.com keys rock enough to feed him for a while my tank just got done cycling about a week ago so there is alot to eat on the rock will that feed him for a lil while and what do i feed him when my rocks are whiped clean?

 

[Fluff]

There is no way to guarantee he'll be ok. But, if he's active, that's a good sign. He will eat when you feed the tank. Flakes, any frozen foods, raw foods, cyclops, they are not picky at all.

 

[zach119]

ok well i have no fish so im not feeding the tank yet but i do have some frozen shrimp that youd by from the supermarket that are already cooked will that work till tomorrow when i can stop and get something from the fish store?

 

[Fluff]

I wouldn't bother feeding it personally. It will pick off the rocks til you can get something.

 

[zach119]

thanx what do you recommend ? for feeding that is when i got it today i was under the impression he was a algea eater and rock feeder i did not know he fed off the left over food from feeding the fish or i would have not got him yet but ohh well ill just pick up something to feed him thanks alot fluff!

 

[Fluff]

Flakes are fine. I have a tank with just two cleaners in it and I alternate thier foods between Omega One flakes and freeze dried cyclop-eese.

 

[zach119]

ok one more question of the subject cuz i dont want to clog up the forum my calcium is 315 what do i do i have the seatest kit and it is 3 steps first i add an eydroper with a certain amount then the little foil dry powder then i drip reagent 3 in till the water turns blue and i must multiply by 15 so it took 21 drops so im at 315 whqt do you guys recommend to boost that up because i have turbo snails and a few others and i want them to be able to build there shells up?

 

[lasek2k1]

Your calcium level is fine for your snails. I have Instant Ocean which mixes pretty low for calcium. I stopped dosing calcium because 1, I don't have anything that really hordes calcium 2, I wanted corraline but I decided to let nature take its corse and 3, I got a skimmer and I've been having a little trouble with overflow so I didn't want to make my situation worse.

Snails don't need as much calcium as some corals would need. I think my calcium is between 300-350 but I can see my astrea snails growing thier outer shell right now- its looks looks pale white flesh.

But if you really want calcium, you could build a gravity fed auto-drip system to drip kalk. Or you can get Turbo calcium from Kent. I think Seachem makes comparable products but I don't remember the name off the top of my head.

 

[seaham358]

It all depends on what your going to have in your tank. If you want corals then you need to bring the ca up to 400-450 and you need to test your alkalinity also and that should be up to 9-11 on the salifert test kits.
I use B-ionic 2 part addidtive for ca and alk and it works great. Remember what ever you use to raise it up slowly.

 

[zach119]

thanx everyone