The risk would be if the clowns you bring in have ich, if you weren't planning on just managing it, you would then have to move your clowns into a QT tank to treat and leave your main tank fallow for 76 days.
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The risk would be if the clowns you bring in have ich, if you weren't planning on just managing it, you would then have to move your clowns into a QT tank to treat and leave your main tank fallow for 76 days.
Do you plan on having coral? If so, I'd ditch the emerald. I get it, really cool creature, seems utilitarian, but they can also go rogue and pick at LPS and soft coral.
I'd recommend something like 5 nassarius, 3 Astrea and 2 hermits to start. You may grow to hate hermits, again, depending on if you have coral or not.
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Ok I really want coral but I also really want the emerald I will have to think about that over next week or so before I get any of either ok I hate snails but if I need them I will get them
Do I need to get any snails today ?
Mir just the clowns ?
Snails are without a doubt the most useful and least destructive member of your clean up crew. They are vital to keeping a reef tank algae free. Over time as you accumulate coral, you will probably grow to appreciate snails and go the other direction with crabs.
Use Stability and Colony with the QT, but you also want Prime on hand to neutralize any potential ammonia issues and the ammonia tag to monitor said ammonia. Prime should always be in your aquarium kit anyway.
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Ok I guess that’s why like every reefer has some I like the asteras shells but I will think more about snails over the next week but I will probably end up with what you recommended
You can go without snails for a bit until you see algae start accumulating, but I promise, you will end up stocking some at some point anyway and you ideally want to stay ahead of the algae and not let it overrun your tank, which can happen quickly once it takes hold.
one thing about clean up crews
some can die even with acclimation. of a set of 5 if you lost one I would not be suprised, add fish first. wait a day or two for cuc safest bet. add coral in a week, say one or two starting frags. you have no feed web established for the corals, they're likely to starve until specifics are in place, feed and water change cycles etc. fish can eat fish food
as you begin feeding for coral health, the invasions start and if you choose to leave them you wont want to be adding/growing corals among total invasion. if you choose to clean it out then have a plan for that, see it in place in threads before you set up your tank with heavy corals
a few starter frags to practice feed, and light and balance is ok here.
wait a couple days for clean up crew dont start them with fish
I dont think a dead nassarius (sp?) would harm anything but was wondering about big trochus or margaritas in case they recommended some at lfs. we didnt want a dead apple lol on day 1 along w sensitive fish
some can die even with acclimation. of a set of 5 if you lost one I would not be suprised, add fish first. wait a day or two for cuc safest bet. add coral in a week, say one or two starting frags. you have no feed web established for the corals, they're likely to starve until specifics are in place, feed and water change cycles etc. fish can eat fish food
as you begin feeding for coral health, the invasions start and if you choose to leave them you wont want to be adding/growing corals among total invasion. if you choose to clean it out then have a plan for that, see it in place in threads before you set up your tank with heavy corals
a few starter frags to practice feed, and light and balance is ok here.
wait a couple days for clean up crew dont start them with fish
I dont think a dead nassarius (sp?) would harm anything but was wondering about big trochus or margaritas in case they recommended some at lfs. we didnt want a dead apple lol on day 1 along w sensitive fish
