Hi All,
I'm relatively new to the saltwater aquarium hobby, but did acquire a 55g tank from a friend that is complete with live rock and two fish ( clown and yellow tang). He has had the tank (and same fish) for right at 15 years...so I am just continuing what he had been doing as it obviously has worked well.
I do have some questions....regarding feeding. I have found alot of bristle worms living in the rock (just a guess, but probably twenty or thirty...mostly small), and at the time of the move he was very suprised to see them...he didn't like what he saw. We discussed possibly pulling the food back a little to see if it helped, but don't want to harm the fish. Here's what we're feeding them..... three frozen cubes from the foil packs every evening and a leaf of Kale clipped to the inside of the tank at all times. Does this sound like too much food for the tank load, or is it about right? If I pull the food back to say two cubes, and the fish are needing more food, what signs should I watch for?
I have searched this site and read lots of threads regarding bristle worms...and I find it interesting the opinions are so varied. Some say they must all die immediately, some say they are just ok, and some say they are beneficial to the tank. I don't mind them...actually think they are kind of fun to watch. My only concern is that I want to do a couple of things to my tank.....add a sand bottom (it's just glass now), and maybe add some other invertibrates. I would also like to add a fish or two, but as my two have been together for so long, I'm hesitant to give them any "new" friends. Right now I'm leaning toward adding sand to the bottom and just leaving everything else alone. If I add sand, could this cause the worm population to grow????..just wondering if the sand will give them alot more "room" to expand their domain...... I need to research them some more.
Thanks in advance for any help...I love this site.
Jeff
I'm relatively new to the saltwater aquarium hobby, but did acquire a 55g tank from a friend that is complete with live rock and two fish ( clown and yellow tang). He has had the tank (and same fish) for right at 15 years...so I am just continuing what he had been doing as it obviously has worked well.
I do have some questions....regarding feeding. I have found alot of bristle worms living in the rock (just a guess, but probably twenty or thirty...mostly small), and at the time of the move he was very suprised to see them...he didn't like what he saw. We discussed possibly pulling the food back a little to see if it helped, but don't want to harm the fish. Here's what we're feeding them..... three frozen cubes from the foil packs every evening and a leaf of Kale clipped to the inside of the tank at all times. Does this sound like too much food for the tank load, or is it about right? If I pull the food back to say two cubes, and the fish are needing more food, what signs should I watch for?
I have searched this site and read lots of threads regarding bristle worms...and I find it interesting the opinions are so varied. Some say they must all die immediately, some say they are just ok, and some say they are beneficial to the tank. I don't mind them...actually think they are kind of fun to watch. My only concern is that I want to do a couple of things to my tank.....add a sand bottom (it's just glass now), and maybe add some other invertibrates. I would also like to add a fish or two, but as my two have been together for so long, I'm hesitant to give them any "new" friends. Right now I'm leaning toward adding sand to the bottom and just leaving everything else alone. If I add sand, could this cause the worm population to grow????..just wondering if the sand will give them alot more "room" to expand their domain...... I need to research them some more.
Thanks in advance for any help...I love this site.
Jeff