fuge inbhabitants

[ohio reefer]

I'm going to the lfs today tobuy some macr algaes for my fuge and was wondering should i buy some snails or crabs? if so what kind. also should i buy something to sift the sand, or just buy live sand to seed the dead sand in there now?

my tanks not finished cycling yet as of yesterday my number s were:

PH-8.1
ammonia-.50
nitrite.50
nitrate-10
S.G-1.0255

i absolutely have nothing in my tank yet, its 120 gal. with these numbers would it be safe to add live rock now?

sorry about all the questions

tia

mark

 

[jerejohnson]

you sould add the live rock now.. you will go through a cycle again unless its already cured. i would not put a fuge on yet till the cycle is over? might kill the macro alges. jsut a guess on it killing the macro. good luck 8O

 

[cmor1701d]

Let the tank cycle before doing anything or adding anything. GO SLOW! The best advice I ever received here is that nothing good ever happens fast in a marine aquarium..

Adding LR will cause a new cycle. If it's cured LR it will be a short cycle.

I think I just replied to your other message about macro algae.

I would avoid crabs. JustPhish.com has a new crabless clean-up crew available that you might want to look at.

Keep asking questions. That's what this forum is all about. It's how I and many others have learned what we know and continue to learn how much we don't know

 

[Brisc0]

After the cycle you can add some critters to your fuge, but I would only cosider the following: Pods, bristleworms, spahgetti worms, micro stars, micro snails, don't add anything with claws to your fuge is a good rule of thumb. Of the things listed above add in small quantities except the pods, you can dump as many of them in there as you like. I would buy the detritivore kit and calurpa sampler from inland aquatics, it has everything you need for a fuge, you can split out the order between your fuge and your display and it will help get your sandbed going as well.

 

[ohio reefer]

thanks