Ok this is my 55 gal

[Imbarrie]

And plenty of food. Or they will start eating livestock.
Are you saying they are reef safe because you have read that on liveaquaria.com? Or because you have heard from an overwhelming majority of reefers?
I have heard both arguments and to be sure, in my tank, I have one scarlet hermit and many varieties of snails.
If I cannot trust it, I won't put it in my tank.
JMO


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[Jzhou]

In my experience scarlets are the more passive then most other hermits. The only hermits I've ever had issue with in my reef were the ones that got pretty big. Most the other small hermits don't really bother anyone except a few snails when there is a need of a new shell. Hermits are really beneficial to a reef tank as they help clean up detritus that may foul the water. In my tank, I mostly use them with my yellow and kole tank to keep hair algae at bay. I would be careful about some advice on the numbers you should get that are given by LFS though. They have a tendency to over cram tanks with these lil guys. You gotta keep in mind that with that many individual crabs in that small amount of space, the bio load goes way up and when they run out of food they starve to death. Just add when u think its necessary.

 

[xclusive252]

i know I need more snails and as for the crabs i know i have to relocate the sally light foot and emerald maybe to the refugium not 100 % sure its thats smart also or might post here as a trade for a small fish maybe a goby or a yellow tang and some cash on my end of course but something like that. plz tell me what yo think I do take most of the advice you all provide and enjoy learning I read about 2-3 hrs a day on this site hoping to learn what i can faster then the avg reefer

 

[Imbarrie]

I would definately remove those.
I think you have everything you need to decide. Most of this hobby is gathering all the ideas of others and deciding what you want to do.
Every tank is different.


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[DrHarryLopez]

Hey there, It was good meet you taday at the meet.

Just read thru your thread and I'd be glad to assist you with your tank. I have a good sized piece of live rock that i can give you to seed your other rocks. PM me when you can come by and pick it up. also bring a sample of your water to test.

LMK
Harry

 

[JARRETT SHARK]

Just to recap today
Bring calcuim up from 330- 430
Mag from 1250 to 1350
and i think your alk was good
but dont forget to bring phosphate from 1.2 to zero
get a phospahte reactor and start doing water changes when you get your rodi system, good luck and dont forget i got you with coral when you are ready

 

[xclusive252]

Ok I would like to start by saying Thank you to a few people for there help. Dr Harry, Will , Jarret and Allan and all the MR for there advice. I posted new pics of the tank and want to say that the tank is doing great and the water is normal again I guess the live rock is cured now.
salinity 1.023
Ph 8.1
nitrite 0
ammonia 0
nitrate 0
calc 360 (working on it )
Alk 9.9
Mag 1250 (working on it)
Po4 1.04 (working on it)

I added a DIY Phosban reactor and posted a pic of it was really easy to make and cost me 0$ since I had the parts in the house and had help from Allan (thanx man) the new coral was from Dr Harry and will thank you both again really thank you. I will be at the next meet for sure looking forward to it I had fun and met some great ppl. Well that is my 55 gal (wish it was 90 gal) open for questions or remarks.

 

[TRIGGERMAN]

Tank looks good brotha and I got you on the snails and hermits when you need them. Next week would be good for me if you want.

 

[xclusive252]

well made some small changes and did a water change about 15 gallons and tested the water after about 2-3 hrs and these are the results:
salinity 1.024
Ph 8.2
nitrite 0
ammonia 0
nitrate 5.0
calc 400
Alk 4.28
kh 12.0
Mag 1320
Po4 0.03 maybe less

I will update picks tomorrow

 

[DrHarryLopez]

a little high on the Alk/kH

 

[xclusive252]

updated pics of the 55 gal

Thanks to a few people help my little piece of the ocean is strating to look good ( thabks to Dr. Harry , Allen and will)

 

[JARRETT SHARK]

looks good!!!!!!
how are your levels? did you level them out

 

[fallenlordz]

nice 55 - I like the tank size of the 55g tanks

 

[CancerverO]

looking good..

 

[nanchil]

I like the tank size of the 55g tanks

:smash:

 

[jadakiss]

very nice

 

[xclusive252]

Today I did a water change about 15 gallons and I added my new dosing pump will post pictures later today. All my parameters where good:
Calc 435
Alk. 9.0
Phos. 0.0 for what I can tell
Mag 1125 (a little low added 1/4 gal)

All coral and fish look happy I do need a few more herm crabs. Will be adding my 1/3 chiller some time this months (new born so need to keep heat on a little high in the house)
I changed the GFO in the reactor.
Again will post updated pics later today.


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[Reefs Creation]

Good job on the tank Eddie. Talk to you soon.

 

[xclusive252]

Ok today I tested my water and this is what I got :

Calc 450
alk 10.9/3.89
mag 1410
phos 0.0-0.3 to clear for me to read test
salinity 0.27 need to drop it alittle if anyone has a idea plz let me know
temp 78 steady

I am using 2 part dosing pumps at 5ml per hr DIY calc and alk also mag but not dosing mag just adding as needed ( I guess I over added )

 

[DrHarryLopez]

Ok today I tested my water and this is what I got :

Calc 450
alk 10.9/3.89
mag 1410
phos 0.0-0.3 to clear for me to read test
salinity 0.27 need to drop it alittle if anyone has a idea plz let me know
temp 78 steady

I am using 2 part dosing pumps at 5ml per hr DIY calc and alk also mag but not dosing mag just adding as needed ( I guess I over added )

Looks good bro!