-live sand
-live rock
-3 sea snails
-3 hermit crabs
-1 sea slug
-3 frog spawn corals
-1 blue oscillarius clam
-1 yellow polyps coral
-1 white flower pot coral
-1 banded cleaner shrimp
-1 green bubbletip anenome
-1 green bubble anenome
-1 small toadstool coral
-1 small leather coral
-1 small orange mushroom coral
-1 white sea crab
-1 blue fin damsel fish
-2 tank raised percula clown fish
is live rock an essential part of cycling a saltwater aquarium ro can i just put the shrimp in their, like a freshwater tank? also, do i put my sand (not live) subtrate in while im cycling or when im done cycling????
if i do need live rock, what is the least amount i can get and how much would it cost????? i have a 10 gallon tank and will be getting one ocellaris clownfish
Tagged Aquarium, cycling, freshwater, freshwater tank, part, rock, saltwater, saltwater aquarium, sand, shrimp, subtrate, tank
I have a 10 gl freshwater with marine sand bottom, 2 fake coral pieces, a rock arch with fake plants attached and 2 real plants. Also a male betta, columbian zebra pleco, ghost shrimp and MTS. Would it be safe to add a small crayfish? I would purchase this crayfish from a lfs. I have been told that crayfish will eat fish and then I have been told they won’t if the fish is bigger and faster than the cray. So would it be safe for my existing critters to add a tankmate?
Darryl,
I found my columbian at a lfs and they didn’t know what it was so I played dumb too and paid 13.00 for him. LOL I know I stole him.
Tagged arch, betta, bottom, columbian, coral, coral pieces, cray, crayfish, critters, fake plants, fish, freshwater, ghost shrimp, gl, lfs, male betta, marine sand, rock, rock arch, sand, sand bottom, tankmate, zebra, zebra pleco
I have a 10 gallon freshwater tank. It has 3 old zebra danios that are going to die soon from age, 2 pygmy cories,2 panda corys, and 2 african dwarf frogs. I used to have gravel and now sand. I do monthly water changes and i will hover over the sand with my gravel vac to keep it clean. I was just wondering what can i put in here that are cheaper and can live in a 10g ill be adding black khuli loaches. I asked my LFS and they said ghost shrimp will bully and might even kill my frogs. But i herd ppl have them togethrr peacefully. So i dont know what is best. I was also thinking about a apple or mystery snail. So what invert is best for my planet sand 10g freshwater aquarium?
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Tagged african dwarf frogs, age, apple, Aquarium, cories, corys, freshwater, frogs, gallon, ghost shrimp, gravel, herd, invert, lfs, mystery snail, panda, planet sand, ppl, pygmy, sand, tank, water changes, zebra, zebra danios
hello how are you? i have just set up a new marine aquarium, live rock, live sand, and rigged up a great non-active filter. Its great i made a place for oops factor where i can use carbon only when i need to. for like an hour or two when ammonia and stuff spikes. I have fresh water aquariums of all types. and experienced with them. But salt water is all new and exciting.
now lol to my questions.
1- live sand. 3 days into it. I see allot of red and black worms. Cool: at-least i don’t have to stare at a dead tank for 4 weeks lol. Is there anything else that will pop up? like shrimp or something? And how long will it take?
1-2- all the little things are now making a home and they need to stay. but like i said it’s only 3 days old. Do they need food? Lots of stuff i am told will eat waste and stuff witch will not b in there for 4 more weeks until the first cycle is over. I will have some brine shrimp ready for my Knife in the morning. should i throw some in the new salt water tank to help boost things? (it would be cool to see the finial stage of a brine shrimp.)
2- what is the use of all this? what cant i have no live sand, or rock and just use active filtration? I know carbon is bad for rocks, reefs and such. For the same reasons as my freshwater plants. but couldn’t you just not have that stuff. Throw in some carbon and some mechanical media and be good?
and last
3- when do i know when the first cycle is done?
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Tagged active filter, ammonia, Aquarium, carbon, factor, filter, fresh water aquariums, Hour, live sand, marine aquarium, place, rock, salt water, sand, spikes, water
