StinaUIUC Posted January 18, 2005 Share Posted January 18, 2005 lol...I've had my 2 gallon hex nano set up since the beginning of December, and my cycle appears to have finished (0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, 0 nitrate). There's a serious algea issue...but I know that is common in a new tank...plus the lights get left on too long...lol At any rate...I put a few snails in to help with the algea...they're helping...a tiny bit...the sand bed around the very edges of the tank is clean...lol But anyway...I was looking for the snails when I noticed that I have 2 tiny featherdusters!!!! (or at least what appear to be featherdusters) They must have been in my live rock, but I didn't know they were there AT ALL until today when I saw one, and then looking around saw the other! They're so cute! Link to comment
ebin Posted January 18, 2005 Share Posted January 18, 2005 Cool get some hermits and snails to clean up that algea Link to comment
StinaUIUC Posted January 18, 2005 Author Share Posted January 18, 2005 Well I've got 4 snails now 3 different kinds, and I think I have a tiny blue-leg hermit crab in there somewhere...but I'm not sure... I had 2, but I bought them while the tank was cycling...I just needed something in there! I know 1 of them died...I think the other is still alive though...although he's too small to do anything to the algea...lol Link to comment
Megalomaniac Posted January 18, 2005 Share Posted January 18, 2005 hey do you have that 2g hex from wally world? Link to comment
StinaUIUC Posted January 18, 2005 Author Share Posted January 18, 2005 I think its the same thing yeah Link to comment
Megalomaniac Posted January 18, 2005 Share Posted January 18, 2005 hey i got one of those too just after christmas, but i never really had an algae problem Link to comment
Megalomaniac Posted January 18, 2005 Share Posted January 18, 2005 opps forgot i put redleg hermits in my 10g when i had my algae bloom and it cleared up in about 2 days Link to comment
StinaUIUC Posted January 18, 2005 Author Share Posted January 18, 2005 Well if you got it just after Christmas it might not be up long enough yet to have an algea bloom...As far as redleg hermits...they're a little bigger than I want in there...the only small hermits the lfs has are the blue-legs...all the rest are fairly large. Link to comment
StinaUIUC Posted January 18, 2005 Author Share Posted January 18, 2005 Oh also..as far as I'm aware the type of tank shouldn't have anything to do with whether an algea bloom occurs or not...it will happen if there are high nutrient levels in the water, nothing is controling it, and the lights are on too long. If I'm wrong someone please correct me! I just added the snails yesterday and am going to leave the lights on for less hours. Quick question about the dusters...they don't need high levels of light do they?...one of the little guys that appeared is in the back of the tank where very little light gets to it (there's also no algea back there......lol). Would it be very detrimental to the tank to leave the lights off most the time until some of the algea is controlled (there are no corals or anything...just the snails, possibly a hermit, and the dusters)? Link to comment
c3po Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 Originally posted by StinaUIUC Quick question about the dusters...they don't need high levels of light do they?... Feather dusters dont require any light per say... only the food they 'catch' may require light to survive/propagate. Typically you would need a bit of circulation around them so as to push food their way if you know what i mean. Link to comment
StinaUIUC Posted January 19, 2005 Author Share Posted January 19, 2005 They are in pretty high flow places, enough that they sway a bit. I actually found a third one too!! They really are so adorable they're so tiny! Link to comment
StinaUIUC Posted January 21, 2005 Author Share Posted January 21, 2005 Ok...so now there are at LEAST 6 of the little guys!! This is just nuts! They are popping up everywhere! Has anyone else had this happen??... btw...I just bought myself the first "real" (non hitch-hiker, hermit crab, or snail) inhabitant for the tank...an anemone crab! He (or she...) is SO ADORABLE!!!!! Link to comment
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