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02-25-2008, 04:55 PM
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| | Fire Shrimp
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Myerstown, PA Age: 21
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 |  Best invert for sandbed cleanup
so my tank is getting better, its about 5 weeks old, livestock is listed in my sig. but my question is will anything eat the poop(for lack of better term) that my two electric blue hermits have been leaving, they are awesome at cleaning the rockwork and a cool addition, but they crap everywhere, also it seems like a lot of dirt settles on my rocks, is there something to keep that clean as well, other then thatg the tank is doing great perameters are very good, coral is looking good, all inhabitants working hard and very mobile
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...AGA 46 gal. bowfront, coralife 192watt aqualight, koralia 4, aqua c remora w/maxijet 1200 and surface skim box,200watt heater, 40 pounds black aragonite reef sand, 50 lbs. LR...cycling at the moment...
...12 gal. Nano-Cube, heavily modded, becoming a QT/Hospital tank for the new 46 | 
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02-25-2008, 05:16 PM
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| | Panda Puffer
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Tatamy, PA Age: 15
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Sea cucumber! which actually looks like a turd itself. I just picked up a large pink one yesterday from LFS. Its anus amazes me..... | |
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02-25-2008, 05:19 PM
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| | Fire Shrimp
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Myerstown, PA Age: 21
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LOL...cant they release toxins though, if the die or get stressed? its a small tank to so it have to stay kinda small, only a 12gal | |
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02-25-2008, 07:41 PM
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| | Bikers are a dying breed!
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Elizabethtown, IN Age: 40
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Only if they fear for their life, like getting picked on from a predator. If you have a peaceful tank then they are a great addition. I have a tiger tail cuke and love him. _________ Scott 265g (Peninsula)
3x400w MH's, 4x95w Actinics, AAT Lunar Lights, OM 4-way CL, PM Bullet 3 Skimmer, DelZone Eclipse 1 O3 Generator, WavySea Plus for return, AAT Kalk Reactor, KNOP Ca Reactor w/PM Second Chamber, TradeWinds Chiller, ACIII Controller, Oceanus ATO, PM PO4 Reactor, 75g Sump, 30g Fuge Born March 5, 2007 Parameters My 265 Gal. Tank Thread   | |
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02-25-2008, 08:13 PM
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| | Eyelash Blennie
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: valencia,pa. Age: 35
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Sea cucumber and also most reef safe stars eat poo,oh and copods
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55 gallon reef with 4x54 watt t5,29 gallon sump,red monti cap,1blue echinophyllia,trumpet,red lobo,2 toadstools 1purple and 1neon,gsp,xenia and yellow xenia,red ,many mushrooms,2 giant frilly shrooms,cabbage coral,yellow polyps,many zoos,1 orange and one neon green nepthia,duncans,cladiella | |
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02-25-2008, 08:23 PM
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| | Spanish Shawl Nudibranch
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Central Florida Age: 34
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My lfs has some horseshoe crabs, they said they are decent sand filter feeders. Thoughts/Experiences?
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40 gal SW - Fluval 305 & Emperor 400, Nova Extreme 156W T5 HO, Rio 90 PH, 30 lbs LR, 40 lbs LS, hermits, snails and 1 little damsel~~~TANK CRASHED 8/2/08~~~ | |
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02-26-2008, 04:32 AM
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| | Montipora Digitata
Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Manchester UK Age: 24
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I got a horse shoe crab and it died a week later, didnt seem to eat and i never saw it, was always buried in the sand - a sand shifting starfish might be better, altho you would have to check if they are reef safe _________ | |
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02-26-2008, 07:05 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Meriden, Connecticut Age: 44
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Originally Posted by illushinz  My lfs has some horseshoe crabs, they said they are decent sand filter feeders. Thoughts/Experiences? | Not good reef inverts as they are clumbsy like most urchins. They grow large and may knock things over.
I love the Sea Cucumbers and the Conch!!!!! _________ 125gal.w/Mag9.5 return(dual megaflow)>Mag7 pump Aqua Cev180skimmer.Wave2k Hamilton Reefstar(2)250watthqi(mh)pend.a Yellow, Naso Tang Red Lip Blenny Percula Clown Demoiselles Niger Trigger F. Wrasses Cerianthid Stars Hermits snails Zoos shrooms Montipora Brains Gorgonians Favia Turbinaria Kenyon Tree Acropora Xenia Tridacna (CroceaMaximaSquamosa)
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02-26-2008, 07:07 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Meriden, Connecticut Age: 44
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Originally Posted by phoenixhieghts I got a horse shoe crab and it died a week later, didnt seem to eat and i never saw it, was always buried in the sand - a sand shifting starfish might be better, altho you would have to check if they are reef safe | Sand Sifting Sea Stars are not a good addition in my opinion. They are not very hardy, require alot of space with which to forage for food and their track record of success isn't that good as they seem to die in a short period of time, probably due to starvation in small aquariums! | |
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02-26-2008, 07:17 AM
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| | Bikers are a dying breed!
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Elizabethtown, IN Age: 40
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I am actually thinking about getting another cucumber for my tank as I don't think one can keep up. | |
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