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Is it good 2 have lotsa lotsa pods in the sump/refugium? If the fishes eat the pods, not good?? More pods ... better 4 the refugium?
The pods are good. They nibble algae in the refugium. Once in awhile, their larvae and some pods will be washed up to the main tank where they will either feed the fish or go about eating the leftover bits of food. Or both
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i'll try to take a shot at the bb feather for u to see.. compare the original (old tube against the bb feather n u will know wad i mean.. i would say rare chance instead of "no possibility"
i did press n feel the empty tube 1~2 months back n there was no worms inside..
I don't know about that then. Perhaps it did shrink due to lack of feeding like uncleliew stated. But it can be rather hard to tell esp in larger mud tubes or in tubes partially buried/attached to rock. I bought a small tubeworm at Kwang's Aquarium(crane road) last time, which was partially buried in the sand. The uncle packed it in a little plastic bag for me. then just after i left the shop i looked at the worm in the plastic packet and saw the little tube all floppy. I opened the bag and lifted the tube out, felt it was a bit floppy leh. So i went back to the uncle and told him the worm wasn't there. He was a bit insistent that the worm was in the bag but finally agreed to check the tank. After digging around in the rather deep gravel he finally found the bare worm. Apparently it shot right out of the other end of the tube when he picked it up to package
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Sorry guys,
There is another tubeworm question.
I have got another tubeworm that was purchased not too long ago. There is an opening at the side of the tube and the crown emerges from there instead of the poper opening...
HMM... the crown has not been able to open fully because of this too.
Can i(just asking ) trim off the top part of the tube or can wait for the tube silt to close up.
Thanks...
You can just make a small slit to widen the opening. That way, the worm can join together the bits of mud tubing with the mucus it secretes to enlarge its tube when it grows. If you snip it off totally the worm might be more prone to attacks by crabs/shrimp/fish/anything else
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hey, is it possible to add new sand to the current sandbed to make it thicker?
yeah sure go ahead. But don't put all at once. Add maybe a few handfuls every 3-4 days or you might end up smothering some of your existing sand fauna. A few handfuls at a time also let the sand animals slowly colonize the new sand. It will mix in better with the old.
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Kwang's aquarium. My first marine aquarium i frequent when I was a 14 yr old kid.
Very friendly boss...although some things that he says might be abit unorthodox...but oh well..different people have different views.
Yeah his views are unorthodox and his salinity is rather low so his corals/live rock dun live very well. But many of his fish and some shrimp are very healthy
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Ohhh..... but can use live sand from mature tank to seed right, and also if using live rocks, microfauna from the rock will migrate to the sand making them live? correct?
You are right about the rocks and sand. But the seeded sterile sand will have to be in a healthy and quiet environment for the microfauna to breed and populate the sterile sand properly. If you throw it all in a cycling tank with the nitrogen cycle going on i dun think they will breed very well. Maybe setting up a big tub like a refugium for a month or two with the seeded sand will help to establish a healthy "live" sand bed faster. then you can transfer the sand to the main tank.
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Live sand is not just sand with bacteria. It has to include microfauna like many worms, snails, (amphi)and(cope)pods etc. The same way rock with bacteria is not called live rock.
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Hi,
I am surprise that you said that fire shrimp are fragile. I bought three fire shrimp today and they were alive when I reach home. Went to a few places after buying though, but when inside car, full blast the aircon as I know that shrimps are sensitive to heat. Was also told by the seller to pour some of my tank water into the bag to acclimatize the shrimp before transferring to main tank. Maybe a number of death had been complain or experience by the seller. Any experience bro can share his experience? Btw is fire shrimp bisexual or they have a define ######??
yes they are both male and female.
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Wah. Yellowtail also so aggressive? I tot they are the less aggressive of all demsel liao. Maybe I'll keep just one, can't resist their beauty leh.
Least aggressive of damsels does not mean NOT aggressive
Sixline wrasses love eating (live)shrimp. The chance that you might get an odd one that doesn't touch shrimp is very low. They might not touch large cleaners though.
Longnose butterflies may eat corals. Their long nose is adapted to pick at coral flesh. And some butterflies only eat corals. Be warned
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It really depends. For short holidays, say about 5-7 days, no need to feed in an established reef. For slightly longer, you might want to get an automatic feeder to dispense small pellets maybe once a week. Having people that don't keep marine to take care of your fish is likely to invite problems like overfeeding. But whatever method you choose, try it a few times before you go on holiday, and don't add anything new at least a month before u go on holiday. Any automated feeders should be in use awhile before you leave so u know they won't be problems. Can your tank survive if there is a short power failure? will anything go wrong if the power suddenly goes off and on again? you'll have to test it.
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Nanos need frequent water changes to keep the animals inside healthy. Guess your 10% water changes do the trick.
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what kind of light will then be suitable for a 2ft tank with anemone?
It's hard to put strong lighting on a 2fter without boiling the water. That's the problem.
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Elegant Coral should place as high or any place of the tank with light & current ????
Always saw in the the book they open up fully, and its look so beautiful , so how can I open fully.......
Your post is sort of self explanatory as usually people place corals high to get more light. Make sure it has good current around it to help prevent infections and lots of light. that's basically it. keeping it on the sandbed or in a dish can help to maintain these requirements.
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Tubeworms don't mind coral stings on their crown(and corals don't care much about tubeworms) but anemones and corals may eat the worms if they get hold of the worm's soft body usually hidden in the mud casing.
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as yazid once told me, there is no stupid questions
only stupid answers....
yes, u can incorporated a DSB and Macroalgae into one compartment in the sump ( Refugium )
but it must not have too violent water flow. Wouldn't that be defeating the main purpose of a sump somewhat though as there's also less space for equipment? It's still best to have a separately attached refugium which increases the system's water volume.
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U mean the mushrooms will wander off by itself? I have some mushrooms that R overlapping too ... quite big. Dun know if I should leave them B ... or take some off (but dun have expertise 2 do it). Afraid that I will hurt them ... or worst "kill" them in the process.
You can try to dislodge the biggest ones blocking most of the light but poking their bases off the rock. Try not to break their flesh as it might release nasty stuff in your water. You can just try to poke off a couple of the larger ones first and leave the rest alone first if you are not confident about it.
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guys pls how to comment this round after mishaps on the 1st tank
and there are some unknow to me can help to id ??
it a 2ft tank
8kg of LR & 2in to 3in of sand
3 common clowns bot 1in each
1 maroon clown bot 1in
2 Blue-streak Devil damsel bot 1in each
1 Coral Beauty Angel bot 2in
1 frogspawn
1 5 layer fan worm
1 purple fan worm
1 polyp orange and yellow colour
12 brown mushrooms
2 acropoys i guess in my gallay i name it unknow
here is the link pic
Too many fish to maintain water quality well. The coral beauty will grow a bit bigger. Having just the 3 common clownfish or 2 common clowns and the maroon would really be better.
acropoys? maybe you mean star polyps or something. Not much problem with the corals, but the frogspawn might fight with the rest.
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Probably a snail or seaslug of some sort.
It would help people to identify it for you if you gave a better description and pictures
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its probably the poop of the crabs in ur LR. i have then too and they make my sandbed really dirty.....
yes, either crab or bristleworm droppings. very common.
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but i heard damsels are smart too hard to catch?
They are hard to catch if you have rockwork and they hide inside when you are trying to net them.
They will die in the sump if they can be sucked inside pump impellers or something. Otherwise, not likely.
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What you all see is usually the worm's crown/head. If the body drops out of the tube, then put the worm in a safe place with some fine sand or detritus. It will rebuild a tube if it is the soft tube variety. If it is put at the sand bed or the rocks it is almost certain that bristleworms or crabs will attack its exposed body at night.
If it is only the fluffy head/crown that catches food for the worm that drops off, the worm usually grows a proper sized new one (IN GOOD CONDITIONS) in a few weeks.
There is no possibility of an empty mud tube having a baby worm resurrect inside.
P.S. the worms usually seal their mud tube at the top when they have just dropped off their old crown and are growing a new crown. There is no way to catch food then so they just protect themselves. Empty tube are limp and floppy. Tubes with worms inside will feel a bit stiff when pressed gently.
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I thought turtle grass is the 'carpet' type? The type that bwilly has in his tank?
The fine one is called turtle weed. The long one is called eel grass or turtle grass sometimes.
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Hi
I got 4 x Turbos and 2 x Cerith snails in my small 2ft tank.
They did a wonderful job of clearing the algae but everywhere they go, they left behind lotsa shit.
Does crabs help to eat these shit up? Or other species of snails find shit a delicacy?
I know this sounds funny but hopefully someone can provide some information.
Thanks!
You could siphon out the snail waste into a clean bucket and through a filter (maybe filter wool in a 1.5 litre cut-open drink bottle). Then pour the filtered water back. Or attach a weak pump to the siphon to make it easier.
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It's not a water flea.
It's a parasitic isopod(fish louse). A positive nightmare. They sometimes hide in rock/sandbed in the day and suck blood at night, the little vampires. Will jump off your fish too.
Pray that there isn't a breeding female in your rock.
There are a number of ways to trap them, but i can't think of any efficient ones except catching your fish out to pull them off. They can survive for at least a couple of months hidden in the rock without fish to feed on i think.
Anemone struck..
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