Is it time yet............For Inverts

Hi there,

My tank has been cycling for about 2 1/2 weeks now and my Ammonia, Nitrate, and Nitrite have all been zero for over a week. I bought cured live rock from premiumaquatics and had a minimal Nitrate and Ammonia spike the 1st 3 days. I bought my tank from a guy who had a saltwater setup and along with the tank he gave me a wet/dry filter with bioballs. I used half of his old bio-balls with a few new balls i recently bought when i put the tank togther to keep some benefical bacteria.

I am also about to add a fuge tomorrow that i am finishing up tonite for nitrates, water volume and pods. It will have 20lbs of ls and cheato.

Is it time to add a few snails, hermits yet over the weekend?

Keep me posted

Thanx Adam

 

yea you can there very hardy

 

How many should i add?

 

Adding a fuge may cause a slight cycle in your system. I had to re-do my fuge and it created a small cycle that my anemone did not like at all. Add in your fuge, wait for the cycle to settle again, then add in your livestock.

 

Ok thanks for the info tiger mike, i have a 55 gallon tank with 60 lbs of LR m LS, how many hermit/snails should i add and what kind?

 

bump

 

I have 10 margarita snails in my 20G. I used to have 15 hermits but they have all died off of old age and haven't been replaced. I would say for a 55G tank, you will want about 20-30 snails and like 40 hermits. I would get a mixure of them all. Get some turbos, margaritas, ceriths, etc. Get a mix of blue and red legged hermits too.

 

In my 55 I keep about 100lbs of LR.

About 150-200 snails without die-off (about 6 different species).

About 12-15 hermits (mostly blue legged).


I haven't had any algae outbreaks since after my initial cycle outbreaks. These snails keep it in check. Tank is very clean.

 

Thanks for the info