First of all, I would not be this far if not for all you guys, thanks!!! I have a 120g tank with 120lbs of live rock, have cycled it and just added a clean up package with snails, scarlet hermits, a brittle star (one had only one leg on arrival and died). A couple of stupid questions (thanks for patience).
1. Brown algae (diatoms?) I guess this is normal for a new tank, right?
2. Some of the scarlet hermits and snails died, I tried to remove most of them but I'm sure some of the dead ones are under the rock that I can't get to, is this a problem?
3. How many snails/hermits do I need for a 120g?
4. Even with the dead snials/hermits I haven't detected much disturbance in the nitrogen cycle, how long should I wait before adding a fish or two?
5. I had a couple of peppermint shrimp butI found them in the overflow columns in the back of the tank, is my flow too high?
(return with two corner centipedes powered by iwaki 70R, also have two maxijet 1200 pwerheads in the tank)
thanks for any help!!!!!
1. Brown algae (diatoms?) I guess this is normal for a new tank, right?
2. Some of the scarlet hermits and snails died, I tried to remove most of them but I'm sure some of the dead ones are under the rock that I can't get to, is this a problem?
3. How many snails/hermits do I need for a 120g?
4. Even with the dead snials/hermits I haven't detected much disturbance in the nitrogen cycle, how long should I wait before adding a fish or two?
5. I had a couple of peppermint shrimp butI found them in the overflow columns in the back of the tank, is my flow too high?
(return with two corner centipedes powered by iwaki 70R, also have two maxijet 1200 pwerheads in the tank)
thanks for any help!!!!!