I ordered some crabs and snails and decided to get 5 lbs of LR since I had to pay shipping anyhow-it was cheap(3.99/lb)so I wasnt expecting miracles, but figured I had paid that for ornamental dead stuff at LFS anyway
Arrived yesterday-critters look great-bigger than I expected. The Halloween hermit looks like a tarantula-very active so far
The LR looks dead. All the directions about scrubbing and removing dead matter? Dont think so-theres a tad of green algae stain and no smell
It was packaged in 2 plastic bags with wet newsprint-shipped overnight
Ive put it in a bucket of saltwater with a air pump and hose from FW stuff I had around
Question is-do I really need to do this for 1-3 weeks if I continue to get no smell or indication of death/life???
I certainly dont want to risk my fish, but the directions I keep finding to cure even cured rock before adding to a fish inhabited tank seem like overkill for only 5 lbsof rock that appears to be dead
Is there something Im not seeing perhaps?
And, someone else eluded to this-how much do these critters contribute to the bioload?
It seems like there are pretty stringent restrictions on the number of fish but then hey, get about 50 snails.........to a newbie, that seems like conflicting advice, KWIM?
I got a porcelain crab and cleaner shrimp. Are they like another snail? half a fish?
Could I add more crabs? As cool as the porcelain looks, he is TOTALLY camouflaged by my substrate sand/shell mix and Im thinking a green one or Sally Lightfoot would show up
Thanks in advance
Arrived yesterday-critters look great-bigger than I expected. The Halloween hermit looks like a tarantula-very active so far
The LR looks dead. All the directions about scrubbing and removing dead matter? Dont think so-theres a tad of green algae stain and no smell
It was packaged in 2 plastic bags with wet newsprint-shipped overnight
Ive put it in a bucket of saltwater with a air pump and hose from FW stuff I had around
Question is-do I really need to do this for 1-3 weeks if I continue to get no smell or indication of death/life???
I certainly dont want to risk my fish, but the directions I keep finding to cure even cured rock before adding to a fish inhabited tank seem like overkill for only 5 lbsof rock that appears to be dead
Is there something Im not seeing perhaps?
And, someone else eluded to this-how much do these critters contribute to the bioload?
It seems like there are pretty stringent restrictions on the number of fish but then hey, get about 50 snails.........to a newbie, that seems like conflicting advice, KWIM?
I got a porcelain crab and cleaner shrimp. Are they like another snail? half a fish?
Could I add more crabs? As cool as the porcelain looks, he is TOTALLY camouflaged by my substrate sand/shell mix and Im thinking a green one or Sally Lightfoot would show up
Thanks in advance
