New Tank, Diatoms, Nitrate 20ppm

[jakesreef]

Not weird, that is the point of water changes!

 

[baseballfanatic2]

Trochus snails and nassarious snails are a good clean up crew. I pick up and put my Trochus snails on the areas to work on. Nassarious help with the sand bed.

1-2 blue leg hermits. My red was a butt and ate things. I've read that blue are less inclined to consume tank mates.

Also I was told to quit running lights for diatom algae to lower.

Keep up with RO water changes. Also just making sure you are using RO water for your water changes?

I always wondered if hermit crabs are even required? I feel like they eat a lot of snails and other livestock that I like in the tank

 

[Jakepen]

I always wondered if hermit crabs are even required? I feel like they eat a lot of snails and other livestock that I like in the tank

Not required. They're neat, but not allowed in my tank. They have sharp little claws, and walk all over my corals, poking them making them unhappy.

 

[twilliard]

They are good at eating food that has been left behind but I will stick with my Sally Lightfoot crabs :)