So, I have had a Fluval evo 13.5 setup and for about 3 months now. I had a pistol shrimp/goby in here. I took them out yesterday and in to the 75 they went, as the opportunity arose for me to take a hitchhiking P. Ciliata off of a local reefer. He is less than an inch long. The tank is teeming with pods, and he is eating frozen Mysis. I have about a 1.5" sand bed, and a decent rock structure. So ill get started with my plans from here, what I think I know (by all means, correct me if im wrong) along with some questions I have that you all may answer.
He is eating Mysis, which I feed to my 75 3x a week. From what ive read, taking a few at each feeding and giving them to this guy should be more than sufficient feeding wise. I may start to get some scallops and cut a small sliver off for him once a week for variety and feed the rest to the other tank.
Ive read somewhere this species does not build a burrow like typical spearers as they do not produce sufficient mucus, so im going to provide little pieces of crushed coral, and different sized rubble rocks, as well as try to make a small cave structure to help him out.
I have hermits and snails in the tank, are these on the menu for spearers? I know the saying is don't have them in there with a mantis if you don't want them on the menu, but Im just curious.
Does anyone have any info on how fast this species grows?
Is the stock lighting in an evo too strong for this species in terms of shell rot? or are they not susceptible to this?
I plan on doing 2.5 gal water changes a week to keep with water parameters, as well as planting some macro algae. Trying to get my hands on some dragons breath and other slow growing decorative macro to help with water parameters.
He is eating Mysis, which I feed to my 75 3x a week. From what ive read, taking a few at each feeding and giving them to this guy should be more than sufficient feeding wise. I may start to get some scallops and cut a small sliver off for him once a week for variety and feed the rest to the other tank.
Ive read somewhere this species does not build a burrow like typical spearers as they do not produce sufficient mucus, so im going to provide little pieces of crushed coral, and different sized rubble rocks, as well as try to make a small cave structure to help him out.
I have hermits and snails in the tank, are these on the menu for spearers? I know the saying is don't have them in there with a mantis if you don't want them on the menu, but Im just curious.
Does anyone have any info on how fast this species grows?
Is the stock lighting in an evo too strong for this species in terms of shell rot? or are they not susceptible to this?
I plan on doing 2.5 gal water changes a week to keep with water parameters, as well as planting some macro algae. Trying to get my hands on some dragons breath and other slow growing decorative macro to help with water parameters.