Happy holidays everyone!
First things first, my tank is a 40 g breeder mixed reef with soft and lps corals, as well as a few fish.
I just bought 2 emerald crabs, 2 turbo snails and a few hermit crabs. From reading forums it seems some people qt inverts and some don't. Since a few of the tanks at the lfs had visible aiptasia I was planning to at just in case - I've never had aiptasia and hope to stay that way
qt tank is 10g bare bottom so I'll stick a heater, small powerhead and plate of live sand in there. Any other suggestions for qt of inverts? Would 2 weeks be enough to see aiptasia if it were to hitchhike over?
I got the emeralds to help with the bubble algae that is slowly taking over everything. The store recommended taking the rocks out of the tank to minimize spreading the algae.
The rock with the most bubble algae has a mushroom coral that its firmly attached. Is it okay for it to be exposed to air for 5 minutes if I were to take the rock out to clean it?
Thanks!
Scott
First things first, my tank is a 40 g breeder mixed reef with soft and lps corals, as well as a few fish.
I just bought 2 emerald crabs, 2 turbo snails and a few hermit crabs. From reading forums it seems some people qt inverts and some don't. Since a few of the tanks at the lfs had visible aiptasia I was planning to at just in case - I've never had aiptasia and hope to stay that way
qt tank is 10g bare bottom so I'll stick a heater, small powerhead and plate of live sand in there. Any other suggestions for qt of inverts? Would 2 weeks be enough to see aiptasia if it were to hitchhike over?
I got the emeralds to help with the bubble algae that is slowly taking over everything. The store recommended taking the rocks out of the tank to minimize spreading the algae.
The rock with the most bubble algae has a mushroom coral that its firmly attached. Is it okay for it to be exposed to air for 5 minutes if I were to take the rock out to clean it?
Thanks!
Scott