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not in terms of getting free ammonia or anything, I think there's no risk as long as they dont die for any reason like acclimation. its simply more waste for the system in terms of little snail pellets and some good grazing side benefits.
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How old is the tank? If it is a new tank, I would say yes it can have an impact. The reason I say this is that there may not be enough food available for all the snails and this can cause a massive die off.
is this a reefcleaners cerith mix, those usually come in huge bagged amounts. customers were actually complaining about them overfilling lol that was awesome. you are sending me too many dang smails, estop!
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Haha it is one of those mixes... It's a 90 that I've had up and running for about 6 months and everything seems good but I need more snails and I figured it would be a better bang for the buck at $50.
ceriths arent too bad I think you'll be fine. clearly you have clacification and pre aged rocks thats a little bit of benthic support for them, nice tank. ghost feed them just a bit if things look barren on the rocks at the macro level, but at least your tank isnt bone white. nice pre aging of the rocks, im assuming nobody builds that much coralline in six mos 
someone go make a meme real quick where a ups man is struggling under the weight of a reefcleaners delivery and theres snails coming out of the top of the box flooding things
someone go make a meme real quick where a ups man is struggling under the weight of a reefcleaners delivery and theres snails coming out of the top of the box flooding things
these guys are pretty tiny, very low collective bioload, rather forgiving of acclimation as they live in high energy and low energy zones and can go emersed, submersed, salinity shifts to a fair degree. id still acclimate nicely.
these guys are pretty tiny, very low collective bioload, rather forgiving of acclimation as they live in high energy and low energy zones and can go emersed, submersed, salinity shifts to a fair degree. id still acclimate nicely.
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alexnyc22
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Haha you'd be surprised how much I scrape off the glass and the powerheads. I'm just trying to figure out why my coral isn't growing as well and I don't get it. I upgraded from a 57 to the 90 and I had the 57 for about 4 months before that (10 months total) and my duncan is yet to grow at all and it's driving me nuts lol I test and everything seems good. Maybe I need better LED's, more LED's, or to switch back to t5's lol
Hey on a side note what feeding do you do to the duncan
both kinds of those lights are found in threads where demonstrable coral mass was added, so the unspoken variable is tank feeding. duncans given blenderized mysis as small spot feeds 4-5x per week sustained three months tend to be the fastest growing lps ive ever seen regarding number of new heads budding.
see if your current exact lighting array can be found on a thriving tank thread, try and correlate so its less of a guess about your lights vs volume
both kinds of those lights are found in threads where demonstrable coral mass was added, so the unspoken variable is tank feeding. duncans given blenderized mysis as small spot feeds 4-5x per week sustained three months tend to be the fastest growing lps ive ever seen regarding number of new heads budding.
see if your current exact lighting array can be found on a thriving tank thread, try and correlate so its less of a guess about your lights vs volume
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alexnyc22
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I spot feed him and my anemone mysis weekly but I guess I should do it more often. I guess I'm stuck in a spot because I'm scared to over feed the tank but I don't think I'm feeding it enough. I have a few frags in the tank and 8 small fish. I would gladly feed more if I felt the tank could handle the load but I'm not sure
yes I agree thats not a barren setup, they actually function decently in tanks like that where secondary nutrient support exists, lets press on lights compared to other tanks
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I'm note sure of the context of the question, but they will release substantial ammonia.
