J.S. wrote:
First, too many fish. 2 fish is pushing it, yet alone 3.
Stick with only polyps and mushrooms for a low light set up.
Get a small Rio powerhead.
You need more light then 26watts. Get at least 36 if you want to
keep any coral.
Clean up crew: 10 hermits, 3 small snails, skunk cleaner shrimp.


Hey, I don't feel so bad then. I have an 8- or 10-gal. hex with live sand
and live rock. I bought a fuzzy-legged hermit crab and a red hermit at the
fish store, one turbo snail, one smaller snail and when we went to the beach
I caught six or seven hermits, a snail, a baby rock crab, a glass shrimp and
a few anemones. No fish, power compact bulb, don't know how many watts,
that my husband wired into the lid of the tank for me.

Are the hermits a bad thing? They have light-colored legs with darker
stripes.

Cindy