I picked up a few damsels last Sunday and have been treating them. 1 didn’t make it. Other 2 are doing good and currently ramping up copper power. They’ll be ready to play tag with the mantis before long. Hoping it’s not a short game!Any updates?
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I picked up a few damsels last Sunday and have been treating them. 1 didn’t make it. Other 2 are doing good and currently ramping up copper power. They’ll be ready to play tag with the mantis before long. Hoping it’s not a short game!Any updates?
Which species of damsels?I picked up a few damsels
1 yellow tail and 1azure.Which species of damsels?
Here’s some pics taken yesterday. It rearranged some rock and piled a little bit in front of a couple entrances. On the last water change I moved some rocks that were at the front glass and made it more “even” in height across the front.How's the mantis doing in the new tank? I'm very curious about the rubble bottom; has the mantis been doing any redecorating?
The rubble I found on eBay. I bought 40 lbs. for $40.Loving this! Where did you find the rubble for the substrate? I’m wanting to do something similar. Also, what is a reverse under gravel filter? I’m still really new to saltwater. I know the basics of a regular undergravel (had one as a kid in a FW tank). Also, what media are you using for filtration?
I was already debating putting a layer of egg crate down under the substrate just in case, but I might do one of those instead, 2 birds for one stone. Thanks so much! And I’ve been looking into the Tidal HOBs already so that’s a great sign, thank you! I just wasn’t sure what to run in it as far as media. Do you run a skimmer at all?The rubble I found on eBay. I bought 40 lbs. for $40.
Here is an eBay link of what I bought. It’s $70 for 40 lbs. now.
Dry Reef Rock Aragonite Base, Porous Aquariums Live FREE SHIPPING!!! | eBay
This new base rock from Addictive Reef Keeping is professionally cleaned and dried to ensure no pesky hitchhikers, pests or algae are introduced into your saltwater aquarium. Will not leach undesirable contaminants or affect the aquarium nitrogen cycle.www.ebay.com
A reverse flow under gravel filter (RUGF) is just how it sounds. Instead of using the air stones to pull water down through the substrate and to the up flow tubes you use powerheads to force water down the upflow tubes below the substrate to then come up through it. This keeps detritus from settling to the bottom. Instead the upflow through the substrate keeps it suspended where the HOB or other filtration can pull it from the water column.
I use a Seachem Tidal 75 with the ceramic rings it came with and some filter floss.
Nope, haven’t got a skimmer on the mantis shrimp tank.I was already debating putting a layer of egg crate down under the substrate just in case, but I might do one of those instead, 2 birds for one stone. Thanks so much! And I’ve been looking into the Tidal HOBs already so that’s a great sign, thank you! I just wasn’t sure what to run in it as far as media. Do you run a skimmer at all?