was wondering if i could put shells like conch,scallop,abalone or sand dollars in my future tank it is going to be mostly sand but will put up live rock piles with alot of caves in the back corners of the tank with brain and stony corals on top as well as shaveing brush but occupants will be 1 chain moray,1 jewel moray,1 cortez or yellow stingray,1 epualet shark,blacktip grouper and some tangs bor wrasse also tank is going to be 510 gallons with a massive sump and skimmer plus mangrove nitrate absorbtion but was wondering if could put the above shells in tank or will one of the fish choke on them or something?
shells in tank?
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fishy12;4846609; said:
Agreed.
Just so you are aware, unless you are planning on keeping hundreds of mangroves they won't do a lot for controlling nitrates. With the space these take up you would be better off growing macroalgae. The algae is much faster growing compared to mangroves and will make it a much better denitrator.
cudamaster13;4847278; said:
You can look them up, the most common and easiest one to keep being Chaetomorpha. All it needs is some light and water flow. Perfect for a sump type setup. It grows very fast and can be harvested very easily to remove nutrients.
There are many more out there to choose from as well including Caulerpa.
decided will put some large colorful cowrie shells in the tank they are very round like and are almost polished like and no edges so they shouldnt hurt the eels and sharks bellies right?