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Fred's Fluval Reef 1/30/2010
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Don't know too much about the starfish, but the worms are common bristle worms. They are essentially a free clean up crew as they eat food that is not broken down. For a while they were considered the mortal enemy but now most people will let them be because they are a good part of the cleanup crew. They can hurt corals if they get big, and they will stick their bristles into your finger if you try and grab them. I would probably not worry about them, they look pretty small.
The starfish is an asternia species. Some feed on corals others are algae grazers. I have them in all my tanks and never had any issues with them. Others will tell you otherwise.
fcruz420 said:
Nope I don't feed them anything at all. They just graze on the rock and glass.
fcruz420 said:
You can pull them out at night with tweezers if you can grab them. Arrow crabs and dottybacks will eat them, but I would not recommend putting either into that small of a tank. The arrow crab maybe as a loaner, but once they go through your bristle worms they might turn on your snails yet.
Boy ohhh boy I didnt know what I had lined up today! 
I finally received my shipment:
I finally removed the crushed coral and added 5lbs of Caribsea LS. I also took it upon myself to complete my aquascape and not just have the LR laying there anymore. I went on an epoxy frenzy and I think the aquascape is ok for now. What do ya'll think?
Positioning LR for crushed coral removal
Half done!!
First FTS after LS and water:
Starting to clear up a little:
New Aquascape:
What ya'll think? :-\
I finally received my shipment:
I finally removed the crushed coral and added 5lbs of Caribsea LS. I also took it upon myself to complete my aquascape and not just have the LR laying there anymore
. I went on an epoxy frenzy and I think the aquascape is ok for now. What do ya'll think?Positioning LR for crushed coral removal
Half done!!
First FTS after LS and water:
Starting to clear up a little:
New Aquascape:
What ya'll think? :-\
The new rock work looks great. It might slow you down a bit at the beginning here to change the sand, but you just saved your self a ton of headaches further down the road. We had crushed coral in two of our tanks and replaced it after we already had live stock in the tank which was not fun.
Something just came to mind. Even though I just switched from crushed coral to LS, will it "reset" the new tank cycle?
To begin please note majority of my LR is already "mature" as it came from an establish system. I guess testing the water levels will tell huh? Should I jump start by maybe placing some food in my tank to create the ammonia spike or like it work itself out?
To begin please note majority of my LR is already "mature" as it came from an establish system. I guess testing the water levels will tell huh? Should I jump start by maybe placing some food in my tank to create the ammonia spike or like it work itself out?
You can use a piece of raw shrimp in the tank to help you cycle...
And yes you will be going through another full cycle...
If it is live sand
And yes you will be going through another full cycle...
If it is live sand
Looks like you already have ammonia in your tank so I would just wait and be patient until it drops to zero. If you want to lessen the amount of time pick up some biospira which is bacteria.
If you go through he nano thread here you will see all of our tanks.
If you go through he nano thread here you will see all of our tanks.