I hope I didn't make a bad buy. But I also bout that live rock and there were too emerald crabs attached that I didn't know about, they have been in there for almost two days and seem to be just fine. Is this rare? Or is it a good sign meaning that my water is in good condition?
Hello, looking to get as much info as I can
- Thread starter JBender
- Start date
Aquarian
Reef pro
Damn typos! Lol
The Emerald crabs are good, they're algae eaters and you got about $10 worth of crabs free. Keep up with water changes to keep the nitrates and phosphates down while the tank's cycling. Personally, I'd add a little more rock in there, maybe a smaller flat piece for the bottom for lower light corals. The neat thing about these small reef tanks is if you do a 5 gallon change every 5 days, you've effectively done a 100% water change over the course of a month. If the nitrates start climbing rapidly, do more water changes.
Cool thanks again rob, I was already thinking f putting more rock in there somewhere but as of now my LFS is kinda limited on rock until they get a new shipment in. But I will definitely look for a nice flat piece for some bottom corals. And check this out I came home from work yesterday to wha looks like a nice brown algae bloom all over my sand and rock and its only been 4 days.
ErinCahir
Sausage Wrangler
Yup.
Those are diatoms. Ugly but completely normal (and harmless).
Those are diatoms. Ugly but completely normal (and harmless).
Aquarian
Reef pro
Stomatella snail great hitchhiker all they do is eat:thumbsup:
Aquarian
Reef pro
It will graze on any kind of algae it will find enough food. They reproduce like rabbits in the tank.
Aquarian
Reef pro
No you'll be fine lol
