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Aquarium Advice Apprentice
I have some stocking questions regarding a 29-30 gallon saltwater aquarium. Live rock is to serve as the biological filtration. Also to be used are an external power filter and a protein skimmer. Stocking scheme is based on The New Marine Aquarium, page 84 (Barebones Desk Tank/Young Aquarist's Starter Kit). The questions mainly have to do with modifying this system for a 30-gallon aquarium.
2 False Percula Clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris)
1 Springer's Dottyback (Pseudochromis springeri)
Shrimp (3 Sexy? 3 Peppermint?)
1 Brittle Star
Feather Duster Worm
My main questions are thus:
What are the care requirements of the Feather Duster Worm, and are there any particular species which are recommended for this setup? Ditto with the Brittle Star.
Would there be a significant difference between the (recommended) Peppermint shrimp and (my personal favourite) Sexy shrimp? Is one more difficult to care for/require stricter or different water conditions? My research shows them to be about the same size.
How would one go about feeding the Feather Duster and the Brittle Star? I know that they require certain types of food, but how, actually, does one get the food from the container to them?
Is it possible, given the slightly larger aquarium size, to add another fish, perhaps a dwarf angelfish (Flame or Cherub, probably)? What about Cardinalfish?
And lastly, an equipment question, that the book didn't explain very well...
What is a powerhead, and why is it necessary? From what the book says, it's to provide water movement. Is that provided by the filter inadequate for a saltwater system?
2 False Percula Clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris)
1 Springer's Dottyback (Pseudochromis springeri)
Shrimp (3 Sexy? 3 Peppermint?)
1 Brittle Star
Feather Duster Worm
My main questions are thus:
What are the care requirements of the Feather Duster Worm, and are there any particular species which are recommended for this setup? Ditto with the Brittle Star.
Would there be a significant difference between the (recommended) Peppermint shrimp and (my personal favourite) Sexy shrimp? Is one more difficult to care for/require stricter or different water conditions? My research shows them to be about the same size.
How would one go about feeding the Feather Duster and the Brittle Star? I know that they require certain types of food, but how, actually, does one get the food from the container to them?
Is it possible, given the slightly larger aquarium size, to add another fish, perhaps a dwarf angelfish (Flame or Cherub, probably)? What about Cardinalfish?
And lastly, an equipment question, that the book didn't explain very well...
What is a powerhead, and why is it necessary? From what the book says, it's to provide water movement. Is that provided by the filter inadequate for a saltwater system?