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FWIW, we're running that pump on our 210 gal peninsula build, and it works well, altho it's not the quietest pump I've ever used. However, since it...
If you have some open substrate, fighting conchs are pretty nice critters. They won't bulldoze your tank, and will keep your substrate will also...
Up to you...the pods will indeed show up on their own, but seeding them never hurts.
Agreed, esp. to Marsall's suggestions. Start a bit "light" on your CUC at first...if you go crazy, they will just die back to what your tank can...
It kinda depends on what you want the conch for as to which one you'd choose. For instance, fighting conchs (Strombus pugilis) require open...
FWIW, most "bristles" are calcium-based and dissolve quite nicely in vinegar (just soak the affected area for a few minutes). There are some that...
We've kept 3 species of conchs in the past...which one are you considering?
Live blackworms are a good food too, but need to be fed out sparingly as they die quickly in SW. My CBB loved them.
Don, You are indeed the "snail weenie"...I mean that respectfully, of course. That's really great info, and thanks to you ingtar for posting them...
Interesting Don...they kind of sound like they behave similar to bumblebee snails.
Don't go crazy with your CUC yet. Your tank is too young to support much of one at this time, and you really don't want to over-buy and have the CUC...
We're not on the same page here...the area in the red circle is what you need to be looking at. See the little off-white dots? When looking...
200W is a pretty serious UV unit...do the lights on your block dim when it turns on?
I've found that MJ's work fine for awhile, but once they start getting noisy, it's generally time to swap them out. I've also found that the older...
Thanks...Renee and her macro lens can be a scary combination. Here's a link to a guide that may help you ID your some of your hitchhikers are they...
Thanks...you might be right. However, I was going thru my little pea brain thinking of small herbivores, and both of those fishes popped into it....
Another thing is baby clams (< 3") can be a bit more delicate than older clams. Altho I kept 5 clams of various species very successfully at one...
Bent like your second pic in your original post, but you need to look at the "outer" radius, and it should be so you'd be able to tell if something...
I've returned water to the pump bay before, and it worked out fine.
From that photo, I'd almost say male (looking at the little whitish "points" on its caudal peduncle), but you really need to see it with the tail...
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