cmor1701d
Aquarium Advice Addict
I've got the 125 with a DSB (5"-7") and 145 pounds of LR.
I got a 2 detrivore kits from 2 different on-line vendors. I have about 20 hermits (scarlet and blue leg) and some micro hermits, an assortment of snails (about 20 in total), two fighting conch and 1 serpent star.
I had two peppermint shrimp but have only seen 1 since the day after they went in and I don't see that one since I re-arranged the rock last week.
I had a bunch of small clear egg sacks on the front of the glass that i believe are/were either strombus or nassarious snail eggs. Now there are little white specs, some large enough to be identified as snails on the front and rear glass. I don't want to clean the algea off the glass as I would then be removing all these little critters too. Assuming that some of them will live to maturity...
How long might that be?
and if some of these snails are reproducing like that should I add to my clean up crew?
Would a cucumber eat all the pods?
Should I add some some peppermint shrimp/
Other types of shrimp?
Another serpent or other star?
I would like to get critters that eat the detritus and algea off the sand without disturbing the pod population. What are some good choices?
Along the same lines, I save a snail from a hermit crab attack yesterday. Some of the snails are gone due to the hermits. Should I keep the hermits to keep the snail population in check or transfer them somewhere else?
Will the hermits take care of themselves till I'm left with the King of the Hill Hermit?
What about the serpent star?
TIA,
Cmor
I got a 2 detrivore kits from 2 different on-line vendors. I have about 20 hermits (scarlet and blue leg) and some micro hermits, an assortment of snails (about 20 in total), two fighting conch and 1 serpent star.
I had two peppermint shrimp but have only seen 1 since the day after they went in and I don't see that one since I re-arranged the rock last week.
I had a bunch of small clear egg sacks on the front of the glass that i believe are/were either strombus or nassarious snail eggs. Now there are little white specs, some large enough to be identified as snails on the front and rear glass. I don't want to clean the algea off the glass as I would then be removing all these little critters too. Assuming that some of them will live to maturity...
How long might that be?
and if some of these snails are reproducing like that should I add to my clean up crew?
Would a cucumber eat all the pods?
Should I add some some peppermint shrimp/
Other types of shrimp?
Another serpent or other star?
I would like to get critters that eat the detritus and algea off the sand without disturbing the pod population. What are some good choices?
Along the same lines, I save a snail from a hermit crab attack yesterday. Some of the snails are gone due to the hermits. Should I keep the hermits to keep the snail population in check or transfer them somewhere else?
Will the hermits take care of themselves till I'm left with the King of the Hill Hermit?
What about the serpent star?
TIA,
Cmor