cloudy water

[kwandrsn]

Well one snail hasn't moved :-(

 

[kwandrsn]

I named them Coral and Marlin.
Anyone know what that is from?

 

[kwandrsn]

They are going to town on the rocks
They even eating purple hairy algae








The hermits doin it too

 

[apet66]

Cool, are they staying in the tank? I may pick a couple.

 

[kwandrsn]

Cool, are they staying in the tank? I may pick a couple.

yeah 1 is at the top of the water at the rim going around the tank. Almost all the way around lol but he hasn't tried to get over the lip

 

[kwandrsn]

I'm thinking one of the snails is dead he has on his back so I flipped him over and he hasn't moved. Should I leave him in there?

 

[apet66]

I'd check him in the morning. If he hasn't moved by then I would get him out. Give him some time. Try putting him on a rock coated with diatomes.

 

[kwandrsn]

I'd check him in the morning. If he hasn't moved by then I would get him out. Give him some time. Try putting him on a rock coated with diatomes.

Ok moving him now

 

[kwandrsn]

When I picked him up I, looked inside and he was moving a, little I set him on a rock

 

[kwandrsn]

So its good thing they are eating the purple hair algae right? Will hermit crabs hurt my brittle star they are getting close to it

 

[apet66]

So its good thing they are eating the purple hair algae right? Will hermit crabs hurt my brittle star they are getting close to it

It's good they are eating the hair algae. My hermits never bother the brittle stars. Just the opposite, I "suspect" one of my larger ones may have killed a couple small hermits. Not sure though.

 

[kwandrsn]

Snail is moving now lol

The hermits are doing good at cleaning the diatoms also

 

[apet66]

That's why they call them the cleanup crew. Lol.

 

[kwandrsn]

The guy at AC said they wouldn't eat the diatoms

He also told me to keep the sand stirred up

 

[apet66]

Personally I don't stir my sand up, I've read it releases nitrates into the water.

 

[apet66]

Any other opinions out there about stirring your sand?
I'm curious to know.

 

[Convict2161]

DO NOT STIR YOUR SAND BED.


Leave it alone. Let "nature" do its thing. Stirring up your sand bed is asking for trouble. I haven't touched my bed in over a year.

 

[kwandrsn]

Yeah I'm not going too. The hermits are moving it so that's working. I moved the snail from three rim. He was just doing circles around the tank lol. I put him on a rock seems happy now that there is something to eat.

 

[kwandrsn]

So anyone have any other tips suggestions or what not? Other food suggestions ect. I've got a large 2.2 oz thing of omega one marine flakes with garlic and 2 packages of San Francisco Bay Brand Sally's marine cuisine frozen cubes

 

[kwandrsn]

So the snails are stripping everything off the live rock is this bad? I thought I need the stuff on it?