harlequin shrimp

[lcf425]

does anyone know if i can keep hermit crabs with harlequin shrimp?? And i have a 1.5ft by 1ft tank cant seem to keep my orange diamond goby alive so does anyone know what other fishes i can keep to make my sand clean and meanwhile not attack my harlequin shrimp^^?? TY

[BFG]

What's the temperature of the tank water and what's the salinity level you're maintaining it?

[lcf425]

tem about 24c salintiy not sure =.=

[lcf425]

salintiy is 1.023

[BFG]

Salinity a bit off but negligible and temperature are ok. How long were you able to keep them alive? What are you feeding the harlequin shrimp with, live starfish?

[lcf425]

you mean the harlequin or the diamond goby?? harlequin doing fine ...yea i feed them frozen starfish... they are alive about for a month got 4 in my fish tank if you mean harlequin ^^

[BFG]

If this is a new tank, it's difficult to keep sand grazing fish.

[lcf425]

ohhhh erm then any suggestions??? im all earssss!!!!

[lcf425]

btw bro my harlequin pair i think got eggs man any idea how to keep the babys alive??

[BFG]

I've no experience raising baby shrimps. As for the diamond goby, stop buying them, your tank might not be able to support them.

[lcf425]

Roger that! Oh man I went to read up on the breeding but did not really find any good information =[... as for my tank what do you think of sand snail to help clean the sand ?

[BFG]

If your tank are still new, wait for it to mature in about 6 months time. There's nothing for the snail to consume if it's a new setup. The volume of the sand is too small to support grazing animal. It might support 1 but might not be enough.

[lcf425]

Is there any solution to add in to speed up this process... And btw I went to buy copepod solution for mandrain do I just pour the solution in or do I need to feed it on a tube any idea ??

[BFG]

Not sure, never tried to speed up any process in my marine setup. How many copepod solution can you buy in a month? A bottle a day? In my personal opinion, your tank size could not support a mandarin especially since it's a new tank. You need to train the mandarin to feed on mysis shrimp. How many fishes you have in that tiny tank anyway? Do you know the requirement for the mandarin?

[lcf425]

Erm I thought you only need live rock to grow copepod for mandrain ... As for fishes I have 2 blue tang 2 fire shrimp 2 cleaner shrimp 4 harlequin shirmp 2 maroon clown 2 fire dart goby kinda overcrowded that's why have the change 10% water a day ... Hmmm was trying to feed the mandrain with that but it just will not eat it =.= finding a feeding tube but can't find any =[

[Fuzzy]

10% water change a day??

You shouldn't even be keeping a single tang in a 1.5ft x 1ft tank...

[lcf425]

yea cause i do not have protein skimmer .... hmmm i seen ppl kept tangs in my tank size it can be done only thing its not advisable

[BFG]

.....faint liao..........

Your tank size can support at most 2 or 3 fish max. Want to add more fish, get a bigger tank. So much fish with so little space will change the water parameter quickly. How long can you stand changing 10 percent water daily? What if you fell sick and can't change the water, what would happen to the fish?

Yes, you need live rock to grow copepod but you also need time to let the copepod to produce. In that tiny tank with tiny live rock, the number of copepod that might grow is very, very small in number, you might be able to count with 2 hands. A tank with 100kg of live rock can only produce so much of copepod compared to yours. The copepod also need to eat too you know. They don't magically appear from the live rock.

Are the fish gasping for air in your tank without the skimmer? I would advise to get a bigger tank for the sake of the fish.

[lcf425]

erm cant really tell if they grasping for air but they seem ok .... ohhh copepods so slow de ar =.= erm cause i have another 3ft by 2ft tank at home so can i like exchange live rocks cause home does not have any mandrain^^.... hmm i best get a bigger tank too =.=... either way how do you get rid of the white spots on the blue tang ar ?? neon goby can help ma??

[BFG]

White spots!!! Boy, are you in trouble.....seems you want a fast set up right? Well, this is going to drain your wallet. Without doing your homework, you are getting into a whole lot of problems. Neon goby may help but they are available seasonally so that's option is a no go unless you are lucky to find one. You stock up so much so fast, you will have problems after problems. You move live rock between tanks might make the problems increase rather than decrease. What's the thickness of the 3ft tank and how long was the 1.5ft tank set up? If I'm not wrong, both tank are not in the same place?