Hello everyone, how is it going?
Well, I currently have a small aquarium (30 liters, 7.92 gallons, 15.74 inches length x 11.81 inches height x 9.84 inches width) and I thought of an idea involving a tank with only invertebrates. I find the hermit crabs (Paguroidea) very cool.
The last thing I read about having reef tanks was probably in 2012-2013, on a Brazilian forum (Aquahobby), and the closest to it, for me, was having some brine shrimp (Artemia franciscana) cultures (more important now, since I'm doing a term paper about artemia culturing).
I live in a small town, Mococa (you can check more about the city climate here; the climate here is probably Cwa-Cwb by Köppen classification) and, when I had aquariums (I'm in this world since 2012, although only freshwater), during the hottest days, the water temperature reached to 80.6 - 82.4 ºF (during the season I even removed the aquarium lid) and, during winter, around 75.2 - 78.8 ºF (when I used the aquarium heater) and pH was slightly alkaline. I also read some good books related to Marine Biology and I find even fiddle crabs cool.
Okay, I'll try to summarize the questions:
(1) I have a sponge filter (Xinyou® xy-2835) and an air pump from Tetra® (for 10-30 gallons). Would I need a strong water pump/wave maker? The sponge filter and the live rocks would be enough for filtration or I should have also a skimmer? Indeed, my air pump can create a powerful water current.
(2) How many paguros could the tank support? Should I need a cooler? Any other inverts suggestion?
(3) I have 11 lb of aragonite. Is this enough?
(4) Besides the pH, ammonia, and nitrite tests, what are the other tests that I should have?
Anyway, probably I'll need also the heater (here in Brazil we use cheap brands because the brands from Germany and US are very expensive) and some good aquarium lighting.
I hope you can understand my questions and I'm sorry in case of this thread is a bit confusing (besides the fact I'm still improving my English... well, I also use Grammarly).
Thanks for your attention!
Well, I currently have a small aquarium (30 liters, 7.92 gallons, 15.74 inches length x 11.81 inches height x 9.84 inches width) and I thought of an idea involving a tank with only invertebrates. I find the hermit crabs (Paguroidea) very cool.
The last thing I read about having reef tanks was probably in 2012-2013, on a Brazilian forum (Aquahobby), and the closest to it, for me, was having some brine shrimp (Artemia franciscana) cultures (more important now, since I'm doing a term paper about artemia culturing).
I live in a small town, Mococa (you can check more about the city climate here; the climate here is probably Cwa-Cwb by Köppen classification) and, when I had aquariums (I'm in this world since 2012, although only freshwater), during the hottest days, the water temperature reached to 80.6 - 82.4 ºF (during the season I even removed the aquarium lid) and, during winter, around 75.2 - 78.8 ºF (when I used the aquarium heater) and pH was slightly alkaline. I also read some good books related to Marine Biology and I find even fiddle crabs cool.
Okay, I'll try to summarize the questions:
(1) I have a sponge filter (Xinyou® xy-2835) and an air pump from Tetra® (for 10-30 gallons). Would I need a strong water pump/wave maker? The sponge filter and the live rocks would be enough for filtration or I should have also a skimmer? Indeed, my air pump can create a powerful water current.
(2) How many paguros could the tank support? Should I need a cooler? Any other inverts suggestion?
(3) I have 11 lb of aragonite. Is this enough?
(4) Besides the pH, ammonia, and nitrite tests, what are the other tests that I should have?
Anyway, probably I'll need also the heater (here in Brazil we use cheap brands because the brands from Germany and US are very expensive) and some good aquarium lighting.
I hope you can understand my questions and I'm sorry in case of this thread is a bit confusing (besides the fact I'm still improving my English... well, I also use Grammarly).
Thanks for your attention!