I dont see any issues with feeding brine personally aswell as what Grin's has mentioned above about feeding phyto......
Niko
Niko
Necessary to acclimate featherdusters??
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Really? You don't think the brine would be too big for a filter feeder? Maybe the baby brine are smaller than the live ones I've seen here.
The tank has been set up for about 2 weeks and is cycled. The tank is 50 - 55 gallons with about 40 lbs of live cured rock. Ammonia and nitrites are at 0. I added a pair of small percula clownfish, 6 astrea snails, a small starfish (not sure which kind), an emerald crab and the 2 featherdusters. I changed a very small amount of water today and was planning to keep changing small amounts each day to avoid the ammonia level from rising. Should I change the water that often?
The feathery crown is moving with the flow. I placed it on the sand and covered it just a bit last night and overnight it has moved its body completely under the sand. This morning the feathery part was open really wide but its tube was off except for a piece around the 'neck'
The feathery crown is moving with the flow. I placed it on the sand and covered it just a bit last night and overnight it has moved its body completely under the sand. This morning the feathery part was open really wide but its tube was off except for a piece around the 'neck'
If the tank is cycled you don't really need to change the 55g more than 1x a week..about 10% is what I do on mine. Niko is right, just keep an eye on the feather with some of the tube missing. Some have survived after having that happen and yours could.
For furture use though, how are you acclimating inverts now?
I just let the temperatures equalize, took out the featherdusters and placed them on the sand and covered them a little. For the others I equalized temperatures and dipped the bag into the water and put the open end close to the sand and let the inverts fall onto the sand.
Sorry about all the questions... I've researched several sites and a few books but I'd rather get some information through someone's experience. Should inverts and fish always be drip acclimated? How do you acclimate coral?
What should the calcium level be at for a reef set up? Does it sound like this featherduster is going to die? Is there anything I can do to increase its chances of survival besides making sure the fish and other inverts leave it alone?
What should the calcium level be at for a reef set up? Does it sound like this featherduster is going to die? Is there anything I can do to increase its chances of survival besides making sure the fish and other inverts leave it alone?
Well, in the future you don't want water from LFS to get into your tank. Too easy to introduce parasites and such into your tank. You also want to not put your stock into osmotic shock, expecially inverts. Another poster recently asked about how to acclimate a featherduster and there are several replies to them including mine for reference:
http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=130690
We're all here to help when we can and ask questions ourselves so no need to worry about having your own. The more sources you get information from the easier it will be for you to go out and research the replies more to forumlate your own opinions on how to run your tank.
I posted a link in my last reponse that covers how to acclimate inverts. For fish I sometimes drip acclimate and sometimes don't. It is actually easier to drip acclimate but sometimes the SG is the same and I'm standing near the tank so I just acclimate fish a bit differently by using a turkey baster instead of a drip line. All covered in the other post though. Coral counts as an invert when acclimating.
What this isn't addressing though is QT (quarantine tank) and procedures. I'd read up on that and ask questions you might have on it.
If you don't have corals just yet I'd not worry too much about your calcium levels right now. When you get corals you want about 400-500 so if you're in that range now you're doing well.
