Tank Journal Archive

[aussieant32]

100% fine, he bascially lives under the sand :)

I do like snails, for me they have far more benefits than hermits

 

[daniel borja]

sweeeeet! ill worry about getting the light first before putting anything else in the tank :)

 

[aussieant32]

snails are pretty tolerable to light changes. They are more dependant on the parameters being stable.

Light will be a beauty though

 

[daniel borja]

yeah the guy sowed me what the corals looked under all the different spectrums. fair to say my light now washes out all the colors of my coral haha. cant wait to get my hands on that thing!

 

[aussieant32]

well if the blaze is any indication you will be very happy :)

 

[daniel borja]

oh stop it you're making me drool! haha

 

[Priscacara]

No more hermits for me, I put 2 nassarius snails I got off the Doc and the bloody crab was attacking it within a minute.

As has been mentioned, turbos do a good job and spawn at least once a week in my tank. Dove snails are good for a nano, they stay really small but have big appetites and help with the glass (still need to manually wipe it they don't eat the whole lot) . Nassarius and strombs for the substrate work well.

 

[daniel borja]

Do the snail eggs provide an additional food source for my blenny?

 

[Priscacara]

I havent seen any of my fish eating any so far but they get that much to eat they are probably too lazy!

 

[daniel borja]

haha it would be interesting! turbo snails are pretty big though! 2 of those including the trochus would be too many in my tank dont you think?

 

[Priscacara]

They don't get huge like trochus do, my biggest is maybe 2.5cm across the shell and thats being generous. I had 1 trochus, 5 (I think) doves, 2 nassarius and 7 turbos in my 2 foot nano 50L and hardly saw any of them. I doubt I would have got any more though it seemed about right.

 

[daniel borja]

so two turbos, a stromb, and a pep as my cuc? quick question, how do i get more pods in my tank? just want to make sure the the scooter blenny doesn't go hungry whilst im not feeding him. and you're right, deer park aquarium is awesome! will be going there from now on :)

 

[MichaelBinns]

+1 on the strombs i love mine, hermits are a PITA i have 4 and want to get shut of them

 

[daniel borja]

strombs get pretty big dont they? hows your tank going?

 

[aussieant32]

they do but they dont cause issues with rockwork etc.

 

[daniel borja]

do you think its necessary to get two in my tank?

 

[aussieant32]

nope, 1 should be enough. They can starve. If you see that there is still algae etc on the sand after a few weeks, add another. I would go for 1 strom and 4-5 nassarius snails

 

[girlz0r]

that goni is so cute!! hahaha! Smallest one I've ever seen.

 

[MichaelBinns]

yeah 1 stromb is plenty, mine didn't stop eating for 3 weeks straight, now hes hiding in the sandbed for a few days, tipping he will be out soon and doing the same again, mine hasnt caused me any trouble since i got it, hermits on the other hand.... worst decision.

 

[aussieant32]

yep, mine did not make it to my new tank