New Reefers 55 gallon Reef Experiment

[new reefer 03]

yea true. idk ill probably change it back this weekend during the WC.
im getting ready to pot some corals lol

 

[new reefer 03]

still need names for the fish. i've noticed everyone named their fish, but me. lol

Corals, and other random things

i named one thing. senor big pinchers. :LOL:

just a moolting

Festive Urchin

another polyp on the left.

 

[new reefer 03]

my bluezoo order is 100% coming this wednesday. just wondering how many tonga fighting conchs i should add?

http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums...m-discussion/43836-need-pros-help-here-2.html

on there dentoid recommended that she add a TFC to help keep RS algae off of the sand bed. well i too have this problem, and i think i can have them add some conchs to my order. how many should i add?

 

[yungreefer2410]

i would get like 10-15 i have 3 in my 29g and i'm going to add 3 more they are very good cleaners, and whenever you feed they just bust out of the sand all navy seal style lol very cool to watch

 

[lcstorc]

i would get like 10-15 i have 3 in my 29g and i'm going to add 3 more they are very good cleaners, and whenever you feed they just bust out of the sand all navy seal style lol very cool to watch

Conchs or nassarius snails? Do you realize they get several inches long? I would think 2 is a maximum for a 55. I've never heard real numbers but that is what I would go with.
They are super cool critters. They kind of look like an elephant and their eyes peeking up just make me laugh.

 

[new reefer 03]

yea, i was talking about conchs.
i thought 2 also, but wanted to ask before i ordered them, and they starved or something.
i have 10 onyx nassarious snails coming, and ill try to give them a call and add 2 conchs tomorrow.

 

[lcstorc]

I honestly don't know though I suspect they would be. Really I was basing that on the size most of all. The first one I got was really big. I want to say over 3 inches long. I still have the shell somewhere. I have seen very small ones and I really don't know how fast they grow but that is my opinion anyway.

 

[yungreefer2410]

opps i ment nassarius snails mine are about 1.5-2in. think they are nassarius

 

[new reefer 03]

so probably one, or two..? i dont want to underpopulate on them, but i want enough to keep the algae under control.

 

[lcstorc]

That is awfully big for nassarius. Unless there is a different kind. All of my nassarius are quite small. I have a couple of queen conchs that are more or less the size of a small turbo but the one king I had was way bigger than that.

 

[yungreefer2410]

i would say ine since you have a hsc

 

[yungreefer2410]

i think they are small conchs then because i googled images and they look just like that.

 

[new reefer 03]

hsc..?

 

[lcstorc]

Nassarius snail


Fighting conch

Queen conch

 

[new reefer 03]

Tonga Fighting Conch - Strombus gibberulus

thats what im looking at.

 

[lcstorc]

Looks like a queen conch to me but either one is good. It says max size 4 inches so what I said applies anyway. I wouldn't put more that 2 in my 125. There just is not enough room around the rocks and corals. My actual open sandbed is relatively small. At least not big enough to support those.

 

[new reefer 03]

true, i dont haev much room either. should i even add one to my tank, or count on the onyx nassarious?

 

[lcstorc]

I like them but I have never seen or had Onyx Nassarius.

 

[new reefer 03]

im loking forward to them. they appear to be more efficient than regular nassarious.

we also recieved our RODI unit today

 

[yungreefer2410]

yep mine is a narrasius but big i guess. hsc = horse shoe crab. unless you took him out?