Just got into the hobby with an Evo 13.5. Before I put 100s of dollars into my tank I started with the basics in case my tank goes sideways due to my inexperience. I will be trying to introduce “natural” living bacteria into my tank without the over the counter chemicals.
Over the past few days I bought 4 different type of rocks to test, added a snail and a hermit crab.
So far my water levels are good but that’s probably expected.
Here’s what I added so far:
1. Caribsea Life Rock.
2. Dry Coral rock from a local aquarium. Rock came from a tank that crashed a few months ago.
3. “live rock” from a local aquarium store filled with green and red algae. The snail already started to polish the rock and you can see the bright green where the snail has been munching on.
3. “live cultured rock” from Petco. Rocks looks pretty cool and appears to contain coralline. Last night I found out there are 100s of living creatures residing in the rock’s small crevices. When I turned on the room ‘s light I saw what appeared to be some sort of pods rushing to get back into the rocks. Not 100% sure if these will eventually create a pest issue but after reading about these pods I decided to take a chance and leave the rock in the tank.
Over the past few days I bought 4 different type of rocks to test, added a snail and a hermit crab.
So far my water levels are good but that’s probably expected.
Here’s what I added so far:
1. Caribsea Life Rock.
2. Dry Coral rock from a local aquarium. Rock came from a tank that crashed a few months ago.
3. “live rock” from a local aquarium store filled with green and red algae. The snail already started to polish the rock and you can see the bright green where the snail has been munching on.
3. “live cultured rock” from Petco. Rocks looks pretty cool and appears to contain coralline. Last night I found out there are 100s of living creatures residing in the rock’s small crevices. When I turned on the room ‘s light I saw what appeared to be some sort of pods rushing to get back into the rocks. Not 100% sure if these will eventually create a pest issue but after reading about these pods I decided to take a chance and leave the rock in the tank.
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