cplawrence
Aquarium Advice Freak
As the title suggests, I have a number of questions to ask. The tank is a 29 gal that has had LR in it (about 40#) for about weeks and a half weeks. The rock was purchased from my LFS. The parameters have been zero across the board for NH3, NO2, and NO3 since it was started.
1) I am assuming at this point that I will simply not see a cycle. Is that a reasonable assumption?
2) After adding the sand and letting it settle down, I started to notice little green hairs on the glass and equipment. Is this the beginning of nuisance algae? Should I start stocking a clean-up crew to keep this under control?
3) I have found a lot of small aiptasia and what I now believe is a fairly large majano anemone (a bit larger than a penny). I was planning on getting a couple of peppermint shrimp to try and keep this under control. However, as I understand, shrimp are a bit more sensitive to my mistakes so would it be wise for that to be one of the first things added to the tank?
4) I have not gotten a good look at it, but there is a hitchhiker crab living in one of the rocks. I don’t have a fuge to put him in if I were to remove him. Should I try and take it out now, or wait until something winds up dead near his hole?
5) The rock I bought had tons of feather duster worms on it externally. In a few of the rocks, I have noticed what appears to be a crown poking out that will be retracted if I make to much commotion. I have never seen any sort of a tube. Are these also feather dusters?
6) One rock had a number of green star polyps (at least, I think that’s what they are). One site I had looked at described them as something of weeds. How much concern should I have about them taking over? What do I need to do to keep them under control?
7) The first night I had the rock, I watched this tiny little snail on the glass. I am not positive, but I now believe it is a whelk. Should I try and remove it now or try and confirm its identity first? Of course, now that I am aware of what it could be, I have had a really hard time finding it….
I guess that will do for the time being. I appreciate all the help you have provided so far.
Chris
1) I am assuming at this point that I will simply not see a cycle. Is that a reasonable assumption?
2) After adding the sand and letting it settle down, I started to notice little green hairs on the glass and equipment. Is this the beginning of nuisance algae? Should I start stocking a clean-up crew to keep this under control?
3) I have found a lot of small aiptasia and what I now believe is a fairly large majano anemone (a bit larger than a penny). I was planning on getting a couple of peppermint shrimp to try and keep this under control. However, as I understand, shrimp are a bit more sensitive to my mistakes so would it be wise for that to be one of the first things added to the tank?
4) I have not gotten a good look at it, but there is a hitchhiker crab living in one of the rocks. I don’t have a fuge to put him in if I were to remove him. Should I try and take it out now, or wait until something winds up dead near his hole?
5) The rock I bought had tons of feather duster worms on it externally. In a few of the rocks, I have noticed what appears to be a crown poking out that will be retracted if I make to much commotion. I have never seen any sort of a tube. Are these also feather dusters?
6) One rock had a number of green star polyps (at least, I think that’s what they are). One site I had looked at described them as something of weeds. How much concern should I have about them taking over? What do I need to do to keep them under control?
7) The first night I had the rock, I watched this tiny little snail on the glass. I am not positive, but I now believe it is a whelk. Should I try and remove it now or try and confirm its identity first? Of course, now that I am aware of what it could be, I have had a really hard time finding it….
I guess that will do for the time being. I appreciate all the help you have provided so far.
Chris