fermentedhiker
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My sump is broken up into three sections; 1)filter feeder 2)chaeto 3)return pump.
The first section(filter feeder) contains the heaters, a mixed sand rubble bed(maybe 1-1.5"). It has a smoked glass baffle to reduce light bleed from the chaeto section but enough light does get t hrough to grow some algae on the walls. Currently it has 5 cleaner clams. As I add more stock to the DT i'll hopefully be adding a couple flame scallops(with lima shrimp I hope) as well as one or two thorny oysters. I added one Astrea snail from the display to help with the algae growth on the glass. My elbow doesn't bend right to clean it all by hand
Trying to think of something interesting to put in there to clean up any food that makes it down that's too big for the filter feeders. I'm considering one of those sponge decorator crabs(not the big ones the ones that top out around 2").
The second section(chaeto) obviously has enough light to grow algae on the glass. The tumbling chaeto actually keeps most of the bottom scoured clean but not the sides or the aquamesh that separates the chaeto from the return section. Same idea in that I'm looking for something interesting to live down there as a cleaner. Am looking at a staghorn hermit crab. Just not sure if it would be ok in a bare glass box with a log of chaeto spinning around.
What all do you guys keep in your sump for interesting critters?
The first section(filter feeder) contains the heaters, a mixed sand rubble bed(maybe 1-1.5"). It has a smoked glass baffle to reduce light bleed from the chaeto section but enough light does get t hrough to grow some algae on the walls. Currently it has 5 cleaner clams. As I add more stock to the DT i'll hopefully be adding a couple flame scallops(with lima shrimp I hope) as well as one or two thorny oysters. I added one Astrea snail from the display to help with the algae growth on the glass. My elbow doesn't bend right to clean it all by hand
Trying to think of something interesting to put in there to clean up any food that makes it down that's too big for the filter feeders. I'm considering one of those sponge decorator crabs(not the big ones the ones that top out around 2").The second section(chaeto) obviously has enough light to grow algae on the glass. The tumbling chaeto actually keeps most of the bottom scoured clean but not the sides or the aquamesh that separates the chaeto from the return section. Same idea in that I'm looking for something interesting to live down there as a cleaner. Am looking at a staghorn hermit crab. Just not sure if it would be ok in a bare glass box with a log of chaeto spinning around.
What all do you guys keep in your sump for interesting critters?
