Thanks very much all advice is appreciated. You may regret that offer as I ask a lot! I'm pretty sure my LFS are considering changing their phone number!
Great thanks for the advice. I've only got hermits and emerald crabs at the moment I've seen mixed opinions on the emeralds, mine seem quite happy munching away on the rocks at the moment but obviously not sure how they'll do longer term. I'm starting to think I may have bitten off more than I can chew! I have the enthusiasm and have spent hours and hours reading but still feel like I know a minscule amount and there's soooooo much conflicting information! I'm not looking to achieve a showcase aquarium I just wanted a little piece of the sea for my own enjoyment and hopefully not kill anything along the way, which is looking less and less likely.I think that is a red linkia starfish. If it is, they won't really take foods but you can try a small piece of clam. They cruise around and eat bio films. Again, your tank may be too new for that starfish to find enough food.
You can also try to feed the tubeworms but they normally eat tiny particles 24 hours a day. In the sea they do fine, but if you tried to feed them like that in a tank, you would screw up your water. Those two creatures are not really able to survive in your tank for long. You will be better with crabs and shrimp as they eat much larger foods and you can target feed them.
You could get a small arrow crab, they are cool and you can feed it small meaty things. They are easy to care for and comparatively safe in your tank with what you have.
Yes foxy and his bestie the yellow tang seem to love nipping at the tube although I've buried him more now as well as feeding them more meaty food which seems to have distracted them for now. He appears to be trying to build himself a new tube at the moment.
When i tranfered tanks after a year and a half mine had made a tube longer than a 2 litre bottle. You can bury it alot
Great thanks for the advice. I've only got hermits and emerald crabs at the moment I've seen mixed opinions on the emeralds, mine seem quite happy munching away on the rocks at the moment but obviously not sure how they'll do longer term. I'm starting to think I may have bitten off more than I can chew! I have the enthusiasm and have spent hours and hours reading but still feel like I know a minscule amount and there's soooooo much conflicting information! I'm not looking to achieve a showcase aquarium I just wanted a little piece of the sea for my own enjoyment and hopefully not kill anything along the way, which is looking less and less likely.
Thank you for the reply
Lol Its all good.Thanks very much all advice is appreciated. You may regret that offer as I ask a lot! I'm pretty sure my LFS are considering changing their phone number!
What kind?Finally ordered some lights! Super excited!!
Nice! Ive never used l.e.ds so i cant say much but noce work!I've got a 4 foot tank so getting 2 of these. The LFS recommended them.
Someone had a poll going on here the other day and most people seemed happy with theirs so I figured it would be my best option. Thanks hope I like them
