Decided to get rid of the FW and make a SW instead, since I live near the coast (somewhat) and make a weekly visit. Ive been taking bottles of the natural stuff back home in a very slow attempt to fill up the tank. So far its less than a quarter full as I can only lug back about an average of 10L a weekend.
Picked up a bunch of floating seaweed just to chuck into the tank to be able to see something other than circulating water. Took a better look at it at home under good light and found a few hitchhikers.
1 Nudibranch - It's white and has reddish stripes with tentacle like protrusions all over it's back. Probably measures only 1.5cm in length. Thought it was some sort of anemone at first but since it changed location after a few hours and keeps moving around guessed it for a sea slug.
2 Brittle Starfish - Both are white and very small too, mostly cling onto the seaweed.
1 Feather Duster Worm Of the Sabella type, it zips straight back into the tube upon sensing any motion; this filter feeder is only 1cm high even with the animal at feeding station.
Some questions:
Whats a commercially available food source for these creatures? Other than topping up the tank with a new bottle of seawater daily to introduce new plankton and the like, am thinking of chucking in a packet of artemia.
I dont think Ill be able to pick up any free coral since the water is bad for that kind of thing here, too much sediment in the water, so will probably pick up a live rock at the shops. Is there anything in particular i should look out for when buying a live rock?
Kin
Picked up a bunch of floating seaweed just to chuck into the tank to be able to see something other than circulating water. Took a better look at it at home under good light and found a few hitchhikers.
1 Nudibranch - It's white and has reddish stripes with tentacle like protrusions all over it's back. Probably measures only 1.5cm in length. Thought it was some sort of anemone at first but since it changed location after a few hours and keeps moving around guessed it for a sea slug.
2 Brittle Starfish - Both are white and very small too, mostly cling onto the seaweed.
1 Feather Duster Worm Of the Sabella type, it zips straight back into the tube upon sensing any motion; this filter feeder is only 1cm high even with the animal at feeding station.
Some questions:
Whats a commercially available food source for these creatures? Other than topping up the tank with a new bottle of seawater daily to introduce new plankton and the like, am thinking of chucking in a packet of artemia.
I dont think Ill be able to pick up any free coral since the water is bad for that kind of thing here, too much sediment in the water, so will probably pick up a live rock at the shops. Is there anything in particular i should look out for when buying a live rock?
Kin
