Good morning!
I started my saltwater aquarium a month ago exactly. My aquarium is a 37 gallon tank with the Fluva 204, a protein skimmer, a power head (maxi-jet something) and a heater. For now, all tests are showing great results. At the beginning, my water was a bit hard but diastoms appeared and everything has stabalized since. I had a lot of brown algea but I heard it is normal for new aquariums. Now, purple and green algea is growing.
1- In there, I have coral sand and live rock (30 pounds, I know that's not enough, but those rocks are really expensive, so for now, I thought I would be OK). The pet store told me to add about one pound per gallon. Is it really what I need?
2- I have 6 hermit crabs (2 Scarlett, 2 blue leg and 2 left handed) that I added 2 weeks ago (is it OK for that size aquarium?). Four of them have changed shell and one of them has molted (what a scary view, I really thought I had lost a crab!). Are those good signs? Three of them are also moving less, hiding and changing color. After reading about the subject I thought they might be molting too. Is it possible?
3- Last Friday, I added my first 3 fishes, 3 green chromis. They seem to be doing great, they are really active. The fish store sold me frozen brine shimps to feed both the crabs and the fishes. They told me to feed them half a cube twice a day every two days. Looking at the size of the fishes and thinking that in the wild, those animals probably eat everyday, I was thinking that this might be a bit much and on a weird schedule. So, until I found this website, I decided to feed them a quarter of a cube every morning. It has been a week now and I wouldn't want to kill my new living creatures by feeding them too much or too little. What about the crabs, are they OK with what's left of the brine shrimps and the algea they seem to be eating? Could someone please help me out on that one?
Thank you for your help!
Jenny
I started my saltwater aquarium a month ago exactly. My aquarium is a 37 gallon tank with the Fluva 204, a protein skimmer, a power head (maxi-jet something) and a heater. For now, all tests are showing great results. At the beginning, my water was a bit hard but diastoms appeared and everything has stabalized since. I had a lot of brown algea but I heard it is normal for new aquariums. Now, purple and green algea is growing.
1- In there, I have coral sand and live rock (30 pounds, I know that's not enough, but those rocks are really expensive, so for now, I thought I would be OK). The pet store told me to add about one pound per gallon. Is it really what I need?
2- I have 6 hermit crabs (2 Scarlett, 2 blue leg and 2 left handed) that I added 2 weeks ago (is it OK for that size aquarium?). Four of them have changed shell and one of them has molted (what a scary view, I really thought I had lost a crab!). Are those good signs? Three of them are also moving less, hiding and changing color. After reading about the subject I thought they might be molting too. Is it possible?
3- Last Friday, I added my first 3 fishes, 3 green chromis. They seem to be doing great, they are really active. The fish store sold me frozen brine shimps to feed both the crabs and the fishes. They told me to feed them half a cube twice a day every two days. Looking at the size of the fishes and thinking that in the wild, those animals probably eat everyday, I was thinking that this might be a bit much and on a weird schedule. So, until I found this website, I decided to feed them a quarter of a cube every morning. It has been a week now and I wouldn't want to kill my new living creatures by feeding them too much or too little. What about the crabs, are they OK with what's left of the brine shrimps and the algea they seem to be eating? Could someone please help me out on that one?
Thank you for your help!
Jenny
