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Crabs are good, my bigger snails are fine- Had some nassarius- large and small - gone- I did see a bumblebee the other day- but they seem to stay under the rocks- some say they are predators too- got some chestnuts and ninja stars recently- haven't seen the chestnuts, but the ninja are all over...
I also have a Melanarus that is constantly on the go- along with picking at rocks it also eats flakes and frozen- my best indicator for pods is my Canary Blenny- fat stomach and still picking at rocks, then I still have a population- also my yellow watchman, if it's sifting the sand then there...
There is so much conflicting info on pods- I thought for a while that apex were the best to get established, now it looks like tisbe are better, just trying to figure it out- One thing I do know is that my tank seems to be in better balance with them in it
Good to know, I would think that if one over feeds phyto, that the pods would eat what isn't eaten by others- I just ordered some Tisbe and apex, along with some fish- not from the same place- I like to know that there are pods in a tank for new fish. i find that some fish only eat pods at...
I've had amphipods in my tanks since I bought my first live rock. It' only in the last year that I got into copepods. Other than being a good food source, they are a part of the cuc. Tisbe, Tigger and apex ( apocyclops ) seem to be the best in seeding/ maintaining a population in a tank...
Sounds good Stan, I have some different mushrooms for you and a lemon tip clove polyp if you want them- I may regret this at some point, but do you have some xenia too
I have green nepthia, pink and neon green cabbage- purple sounds interesting though. zoas would have to be larger- just not a frag with 3-4 heads- Roselle is a bit far for me, unless we could meet somewhere in between
Looking to fill out my tank
I'm in Chester NJ- cash is fine, I have some corals for trade, can post pics- watermelon mushrooms, toadstools, lemon tip clove polyps, sunkist bounce, orange mushroom
My nitrates are about 2.5, my phosphates were 4.9 a week ago- I started running PhosGuard and now they are at 4.0- my corals (softies) and fish are fine- was told on R2R not to chase numbers- should I leave things be, or is there anything I can do to get my numbers more in line