invert questions

neupane00 · 06/20/2009, 10:50 AM

hey guys. okay when my aquarium finally cycles and have all levels good. I am supposed to add inverts right? should i feel inverts too?? since it will be brand new tank with no fish or anything else, what will poor inverts feed on and survive? will they starve? should i specially feed them while there is no other fish and stuff... or no food at all?? thanks. (planning to keep few snail and hermit crabs... and just possibly shrimp )

THE ROOK · 06/20/2009, 12:30 PM

As soon as mine cycled, I bought two small clowns from Petco. They're tank bred & very hardy. Still have them a year later. Then a month later I bought a clean-up crew. That way your feeding the tank regularly & you've given the tank some time to settle down.

Otherwise, you'll need to feed the tank without even having any fish to eat it.

IslandCrow · 06/20/2009, 03:05 PM

If there's no algae growing in the tank, you'll want to throw in a little fish food from time to time. I'd say about half what you would feed if you had one or two fish in the tank.

06/20/2009, 10:50 AM	#1
neupane00 Registered Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: New Jersey, USA Posts: 265	invert questions hey guys. okay when my aquarium finally cycles and have all levels good. I am supposed to add inverts right? should i feel inverts too?? since it will be brand new tank with no fish or anything else, what will poor inverts feed on and survive? will they starve? should i specially feed them while there is no other fish and stuff... or no food at all?? thanks. (planning to keep few snail and hermit crabs... and just possibly shrimp )

06/20/2009, 03:05 PM	#3
IslandCrow Reef Monkey Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Rockledge, Fl Posts: 5,759	If there's no algae growing in the tank, you'll want to throw in a little fish food from time to time. I'd say about half what you would feed if you had one or two fish in the tank. __________________ All opinions in the above message should be taken with 35 ppt salt. -Mike C. Current Tank Info: I have a reef screen saver on my phone, does that count?

06/20/2009, 12:30 PM	#2
THE ROOK Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Springfield, MA Posts: 2,100	As soon as mine cycled, I bought two small clowns from Petco. They're tank bred & very hardy. Still have them a year later. Then a month later I bought a clean-up crew. That way your feeding the tank regularly & you've given the tank some time to settle down. Otherwise, you'll need to feed the tank without even having any fish to eat it.