scubamattv
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Hello,
I'm just starting a marine tank after only doing freshwater for a while. I have a 20 gallon tank with ~20 lbs of live rock and ~20 lbs of live sand. I have had the live rock in the tank for ~ 2 weeks and have been noticing creatures start to emerge. which brings me to my first question.
I've identified a couple of the creatures as brittle stars. They are currently hiding in holes in one of the pieces of live rock. Is there anything special I need to try to feed them so they won't die? Or will they be able to survive on algae growing on the live rock?
I was thinking of adding fish in a couple weeks. I haven't bought a protein skimmer yet (was trying to spread out the cost of starting a new tank). Should I run the protein skimmer for a week before adding fish? I don't know how much die off has / will occur while cycling the live rock (which was cured by the store).
thanks
I'm just starting a marine tank after only doing freshwater for a while. I have a 20 gallon tank with ~20 lbs of live rock and ~20 lbs of live sand. I have had the live rock in the tank for ~ 2 weeks and have been noticing creatures start to emerge. which brings me to my first question.
I've identified a couple of the creatures as brittle stars. They are currently hiding in holes in one of the pieces of live rock. Is there anything special I need to try to feed them so they won't die? Or will they be able to survive on algae growing on the live rock?
I was thinking of adding fish in a couple weeks. I haven't bought a protein skimmer yet (was trying to spread out the cost of starting a new tank). Should I run the protein skimmer for a week before adding fish? I don't know how much die off has / will occur while cycling the live rock (which was cured by the store).
thanks