i would love to have jsut 2 fish. a yellow tang and a flame angel.
i know the flame would do well but the tang is said to be too active for the tank.
regardless, i really want it though but i have a feeling it would fight with the angel
if they were the only 2 fish could that work for life?
k i have the 250-260 watt fixture with floruscent and actinics
i am going to have....
hermit crabs
few different snail species
serpant star
hawaiian feather dusters
orange sponge (put it in dark shadows)
bubble tip anenome (put it close to light i have just the right amount of light i hear?)...
nah20, i thankyou for your time.
i will look for a different urchin and maybe will just get one coral banded shrimp and take the risk if it kills a fish
pincushin urchins seem to be good creatures. my ex has one in a 20 high and its doing really well. we feed it that dried sea weed plus the...
ok i have a 55g aquarium and more interested in inverts then fish although i plan on having maybe 2-3 small ones.
my questions is this
i plan to keep soft corals but also want "regular" inverts.
i want the following...
those blue legged hermit crabs ( i hear those are the best janitors)...
well i planned on keeping creatures like feather dusters? don't they need supplemented feedings besides whatever they catch ?
and the calcium is for inverts/corals. well inverts need iodine also don't they?
and its not that i cant afford but i havnt come across any. only freshwater ones.
i need a few more piecies of live rock, a protein skimmer, test kit, calcium additive, plankton additive, then i can start looking at livestock when the time is right
obviously i plan to buy one but im going to wait 'til after i get the protein skimmer. just wanted visual signs so i can know how things are progressing (sp)
assuming i do not have a test kit (which i don't just yet)
what would be the signs of a cycled tank. diatoms spread all over now pretty much gone, have green and purple coralline making a come back, green hair alage, and little bug-like things crawling around my rocks (do not think they are...