Recent content by Nils

Everyone just is posting from their personal experiences. I just think it would be a pain feeding a pea puffer in a 55 and making sure he gets enough food after all the other bigger fish get to it.

Definitely put him in the 5 gallon tank already. He can't and won't do well in the 55.

A smaller species of mantis shrimp would be cool in there, not sure how good it would be with corals though. You'd also be limited to that being the only critter in there.

You can breed them easily, just wait for the ghost to hatch it's eggs. Throw some moss in there, as the fry are larvae when born and only feed on microorganisms before developing into actual shrimp.

+2 On rainbows At first I thought tetras of some kind, but the second set of pictures made it pretty clear. There was someone else I know that had a similar case, bought pennywort or something like that, all of a sudden fry appeared. Congrats!

You could do 2 in there I bet. I kept 3 in a 10 for a long time, never had any issues. Also, it's great that he/she is eating! A lot of the time, they come with parasites do to the fact that they are wild caught. Still might be a good idea to maybe area with some Prazi just to be sure to kill...

I like that toadstool.......easy for you? Might have to grab one...

Haha, tanks looking good B! You still fighting algae or is subsiding a bit? From the pics looks like you have some cyanobacteria/diatoms going on. You must like green corals.....

First off, I don't know that much about sea stars but I think you're never supposed to take them out of water, that's death for them. I don't see how it would eat frozen baby brine shrimp, look up their diet and see how you can feed it better.

I feed live black worms and this other kind of tiny pellet that I can't recall off the top of my head

Snails are always the first critter to show up in my tanks when cycling. They will somehow always get on on plants or other ways. Most of the time, feeding too much will result in their population exploding but by keeping feeding in check you can also keep th snail population in check.

You should be fine IMO, plants might want a better light but they look mostly low light so you should be fine.

I see where your coming from with this tank though, I also have a huge interest in the ocean. But some things should be left in nature where we might not be able to observe them as good but we can at least know they're doing well. If I were you, I would put all the critters in the tank back in...

Nope, not really. The more plants the better. Just make sure that you have all the nutrients and Co2 that those plant need in that tank. Some fish like more swimming room, so having a ton of plants might not be a good thing in that case. What kind of fish do you have?

Not a good idea. I suggest you throw the starfish back. They almost always die in captivity because you can't feed them what they need. Some small fish would maybe be doable, but keep in mind those small fish will get bigger over time.