popTART
February 8th 07, 01:07 AM
How come you're not trashing this NG like you are the other aquarium groups
Tristan?
"Tristan" > wrote in message
...
> Ok, I know ghost shrimp can and do live in sal****er. So what woud be
> a good way to acclimate a large bunch of them to sw. I can get a one
> time good deal on a bunch of them, but have no desire to keep them in
> freshwater. I would llike to add them to a huge fuge or a separate
> tank alonog with some smaller fish that would not eat them, as well
> as be able to pull out a few to feed as a treat to certain fish.
>
> Any suggestions appreciated.
>
> I figured I would place em all in a 20 gal tank, with a AC110 hob
> filter, live sand and live rock rubble and some calurpea.....but to
> start I owuld have em in FW in that tank, and every other day increase
> salinity by .001 until I get to a salinity of 1.021, and then just
> observe for a week or so, and then once again adjust it every other
> day by .001 until I get it to my range of 1.025/1.026 whichis where I
> keep all my tanks at......From the time I get to 1.021 I would also
> starat to introduce fully cured live sand every day or so along with
> live rock......and once I have sufficient sand inplace would introduce
> the calurpea. I could use chaeto in th interim until calurpea is all
> in the tank.
>
> I know of a few places that sell em all ready acclimated but I am not
> willing to paya what they want and would rather take it on myself to
> do it and have something to play with in the process.
>
>
> -------
> I forgot more about ponds and koi than I'll ever know!
Tristan?
"Tristan" > wrote in message
...
> Ok, I know ghost shrimp can and do live in sal****er. So what woud be
> a good way to acclimate a large bunch of them to sw. I can get a one
> time good deal on a bunch of them, but have no desire to keep them in
> freshwater. I would llike to add them to a huge fuge or a separate
> tank alonog with some smaller fish that would not eat them, as well
> as be able to pull out a few to feed as a treat to certain fish.
>
> Any suggestions appreciated.
>
> I figured I would place em all in a 20 gal tank, with a AC110 hob
> filter, live sand and live rock rubble and some calurpea.....but to
> start I owuld have em in FW in that tank, and every other day increase
> salinity by .001 until I get to a salinity of 1.021, and then just
> observe for a week or so, and then once again adjust it every other
> day by .001 until I get it to my range of 1.025/1.026 whichis where I
> keep all my tanks at......From the time I get to 1.021 I would also
> starat to introduce fully cured live sand every day or so along with
> live rock......and once I have sufficient sand inplace would introduce
> the calurpea. I could use chaeto in th interim until calurpea is all
> in the tank.
>
> I know of a few places that sell em all ready acclimated but I am not
> willing to paya what they want and would rather take it on myself to
> do it and have something to play with in the process.
>
>
> -------
> I forgot more about ponds and koi than I'll ever know!