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We use chemi pure elite in all three of our tanks. It is almost a staple in the nano world for the back chambers of all in one nanos. I have never tested for silicates or anything like that but I do like it.
So finally got some pics of the helfrichi pair. Magnificent goby has made his home in a cave so tough to get pictures. Both fish ate very well tonight, magnificent made some stabs at the food so we will see.
So we were going to break down this tank and sell it (and eventually we probably will) but we got a great deal on some fish so it remains running. For stocking plan we went with 2 helfrichi firefish and a magnificent goby. We got great deals on all three fish, so we were pretty happy. I will put...
We moved a bunch of the rock work around so the tank was rather cloudy on top of the jaw fish redigging his burrow. So to mark the B.C. A.D. split here is our pistol shrimp (he molted in the bucket).
So this post will delineate the B.C. A.D. tank (remember Before Crash After Disaster). It is almost quite depressing when you look above and then look at our new FTS:
This was kind of before and in between the when we added in the remaining coral frags. Just a quick shot of our acro crab...
I have decided to make it easier for everyone I will not just talk about before the crash and after the disaster. For those of you at home that is B.C. and A.D. So all the picks going up tonight are A.D., good I am glad you are on board with this.
Alright we did some research and this crab is a bad crab. It is a swimmer and even though it is small now it can get big and will be a predator. If someone still wants this guy, you can have him but we just wanted to put this warning up. If someone wants him for food, that is fine with us.
We just put in three new sand beds and used Carib Sea Fiji Pink. It is fine so it doesn't trap waste like crushed coral but it is not like the sugar sand that gets all over everything.
+1 on rinsing with saltwater. When we switched tanks for our 20g (the old one was scratched beyond belief) we pulled everything out and put it in another heated tank. We then rinsed the sand with saltwater which will keep it alive but wash out the nasty stuff. I have never dealt with a DSB, but...
No idea on the ID yet, will get a picture up tonight. We found him in the 12g last night and since we are not big crab people we figured we would put him up for free because the alternative the crab might not like.
As far as salt goes here is my opinion. Even if you do a one gallon water change a week, that would be roughly 200 weeks until you kill your salt (if you buy a 200g bucket). Since the expense is going to be low I would go with the higher end salt. I use Trop Marin, and I know some people have...