Ok, i've hadfreshwater, and i kind of want to convert over to the darkside. I've only been studying sw for like 3 days, and no need to worry, I wonteven THINK about getting a sw tank for at least another month of studying. From what i've read, this is what i like. please read my list, and add in any objections, tips, critisizm, or anything else.
My list.
75 gallon tank (showtank, or bowfront)
a GOOD light (any suggestions?)
about 100 lbs of live rock (more, less?)
Live sand (how much? And any dead sand? what is it and do i need?)
protein skimmer & sump (do i need both, and what does a skimmer do?)
C U C
very likely to change
15 blue hermits
10 scarlet hermits
6 snails of some kind (suggestions?)
3 turbo snails
1 or 2 cleaner shrimp
1 or 2 urchins (good?)
a crab. open to suggestions
no idea about fish
ups and downs i know of. please feel free to add in.
hermits
good-looks cool, eats scraps, kills fireworms
bad- kills upturned snails, needs shells
snails
good-cleans algea, uneaten food
bad- liable to be killed=waste of money
cleaner shrimp
good-cool, cleans fish, algea, uneaten food
bad- limits choice of fish
urchins
good- cleans, unlikely to be killed
bad- ???
crab
good-uneaten scraps
bad- territory, kills fish?
My list.
75 gallon tank (showtank, or bowfront)
a GOOD light (any suggestions?)
about 100 lbs of live rock (more, less?)
Live sand (how much? And any dead sand? what is it and do i need?)
protein skimmer & sump (do i need both, and what does a skimmer do?)
C U C
very likely to change
15 blue hermits
10 scarlet hermits
6 snails of some kind (suggestions?)
3 turbo snails
1 or 2 cleaner shrimp
1 or 2 urchins (good?)
a crab. open to suggestions
no idea about fish
ups and downs i know of. please feel free to add in.
hermits
good-looks cool, eats scraps, kills fireworms
bad- kills upturned snails, needs shells
snails
good-cleans algea, uneaten food
bad- liable to be killed=waste of money
cleaner shrimp
good-cool, cleans fish, algea, uneaten food
bad- limits choice of fish
urchins
good- cleans, unlikely to be killed
bad- ???
crab
good-uneaten scraps
bad- territory, kills fish?
