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List of reef safe inverts?
Does someone have a list of reef safe inverts? I want to add more inverts to my tank but i dont want them to eat my zoas or toadstools or feather dusters. I currently have 2 skunk cleaner shrimp, some hermits and snails. looking for some cool inverts for a 75g.
I was thinking of: serpent star or two emerald crab porceline crab i wish i could get some asteroidea star fish, i guess i could get a sand sifter but i only have a 3-4 month old sand bed. A nice list of reef safe inhabitants would be nice. (im not worried about LPS or SPS since i do not have stong lighting) |
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i wouldnt recommend getting a sand sifter... they eat all the good organisms out of the sand bed and then your tank will crash...
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I witnessed my emarld crab consumed my zoa's before I banned it from my tank.
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Bump... any good lists? Or odds on the "safe with caution" some people dont like emeralds while others have never had a problem. What about the porcelain crabs?
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I've never read anything bad about porcelain crabs, since they are primarily filter feeders it seems like it would be a rare one that goes rogue.
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Make sure you don't get green serpent star. They're fish killers
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Personally, I like queen conches. They are good sand shifters and good detritus and algae eaters. However, they will die when tank temperature is over 80F.
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On the sand sifting starfish- do not get one, please? They tend to pretty voraciously eat everything living in a sandbed before going off to die somewhere where, generally, a reef keeper won't notice until AFTER the body starts to rather quickly decompose (although, melt is really a more appropriate word) and foul the water. It's a gross, disgusting thing when a starfish dies, and there are really other starfish which are better suited to reef tanks.
On the emerald (mithrix) crabs- there are pretty even odds of getting a "good" or a "bad" one when it comes to polyp ripping/eating. Generally, the behavior is only saved for damaged or dying polyps (which could be considered a good thing to some). So, you'll probably hear equal arguments for and against emerald crabs. I like boxer (pom pom) crabs, but you'll never see them in a tank that big.
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"So long and thanks for all the fish!" |
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I agree with the sand shifting starfish. They will turn your live sand bed to dead sand bed.
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This site may help some. It gives alot of info on all critters.
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/categ.cfm?pCatId=497
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Check out the PomPom Crab (or Boxer Crab, depening where you buy it).... they hide a lot but when they come out they shake their mini-anemones in the water - its pretty cool. Reef safe AFAIK - never bothers any of my corals.
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