Invertebrates with live rock

[CrustaceaCurtis]

I've cared for cold-water marine tanks at a small public aquarium for many years and I'd love to set up a tropical saltwater tank sometime. I'm especially interested in keeping invertebrates. From what I understand, the main types of tanks are FOWLR and reef. Is it easy to keep some arthropods in a tank with no coral? I'd love to set up a tank with just live rock, peaceful fishes, a few peaceful crustaceans and maybe a small horseshoe crab.

 

[TL1000RSquid]

Yes plenty of invert's dont need coral, hermits, well most crabs really minus the ones who colonize sps. shrimp, snails.

Don't know what size tank your planning but I think horseshoes even small ones will require something on the larger size as they like to have alot of unobstructed sand to go through.

 

[Ptrick125]

I've cared for cold-water marine tanks at a small public aquarium for many years and I'd love to set up a tropical saltwater tank sometime. I'm especially interested in keeping invertebrates. From what I understand, the main types of tanks are FOWLR and reef. Is it easy to keep some arthropods in a tank with no coral? I'd love to set up a tank with just live rock, peaceful fishes, a few peaceful crustaceans and maybe a small horseshoe crab.

I've seen lots of tanks with hermit crabs or turbo snails without corals in them, at the LFS they had a 3 gallon once and it had a hermit crab in it.


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[tanker]

I started with a tank with no coral and lots of inverts (25years ago). Lots of Pods, starfishes, shrimps, crabs, ect. It was only a 29gal. Had it like that for years. It was very enjoyable. I did not set-up a SW tank with fish till after about 5 years.

PS--I have never had a horseshoe crab, so know nothing about them.