My second tank, some differences

I have set up my second SW tank, a 29 gal. which I intend to eventually
be a coral tank. It's occupied currently by one tomato clown, 6 astrea
turbo snails, and one hermit crab who hitched a ride on the live rock.
This LR came from my 55 fowlr set up.

Taking a cue from Mr. Levenson, I made a sump/refugium out of a 20 gal.
long tank. It contains about 14 gal. total water volume, so total volume
for the system is 40+ gallons.

I am surprised at how much the LR has grown in the 6 weeks it's been in
this tank. There are a bunch of scypha sponges, lots more tube worms, and
other things sprouting out that I haven't ID'ed yet.

One main difference between this tank and my 55 is that this tank has 1
hermit, and my 55 has at least a dozen. I have heard that hermits can
graze on beneficial fauna, and wonder if they have kept my other LR
grazed down? They are both blue and scarlet hermits.


Mark

While not having a larger clean up crew can be problematic at times, it
does allow for a variety of life to appear at least for a while. My
tiny tank has all kinds of critters showing up, which is pretty neat.

Marc


Mark Cooper wrote:
I have set up my second SW tank, a 29 gal. which I intend to eventually
be a coral tank. It's occupied currently by one tomato clown, 6 astrea
turbo snails, and one hermit crab who hitched a ride on the live rock.
This LR came from my 55 fowlr set up.

Taking a cue from Mr. Levenson, I made a sump/refugium out of a 20 gal.
long tank. It contains about 14 gal. total water volume, so total volume
for the system is 40+ gallons.

I am surprised at how much the LR has grown in the 6 weeks it's been in
this tank. There are a bunch of scypha sponges, lots more tube worms, and
other things sprouting out that I haven't ID'ed yet.

One main difference between this tank and my 55 is that this tank has 1
hermit, and my 55 has at least a dozen. I have heard that hermits can
graze on beneficial fauna, and wonder if they have kept my other LR
grazed down? They are both blue and scarlet hermits.


Mark

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