toi_ss Posted April 17 Report Share Posted April 17 Hi, this is my first post on here but I have been lurking for a while. Does anyone know any cuc/clean up crew that we are allowed here in nz/ can collect for reef tanks that eat algae apart from the turbo snail? I know we can have the longspine urchin but im reluctant because of their sting - my tank is 130x68x35cm. Also I know there are tangs and stuff but I don't really want any in my aquarium for feeding and size reasons. Does anyone know if Dardanus Gemmatus/Jeweled anenome hermit crab eats algae?? Needs to be reef safe and good with 24 degree water Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted April 17 Report Share Posted April 17 Hi, you can find lists of tropical marine flora available to be imported to NZ. You can use animals from local rockpools but most won't survive long in constant temperatures over 20 degrees centigrade and also have the potential to carry parasites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toi_ss Posted April 17 Author Report Share Posted April 17 3 hours ago, livingart said: Hi, you can find lists of tropical marine flora available to be imported to NZ. You can use animals from local rockpools but most won't survive long in constant temperatures over 20 degrees centigrade and also have the potential to carry parasites. Yeah ive looked at the mpi lists - but do you know anything about the anenome hermit crabs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted April 20 Report Share Posted April 20 On 4/18/2024 at 11:18 AM, toi_ss said: but do you know anything about the anenome hermit crabs? No tropical ones availble but we have a local one but usually found in deeper water. toi_ss 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toi_ss Posted April 20 Author Report Share Posted April 20 3 hours ago, livingart said: No tropical ones availble but we have a local one but usually found in deeper water. Yeah, I read up on the dardanus hermit crabs, apparently they are all very aggressive and eat fish and aren't really very good at cleaning up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted April 23 Report Share Posted April 23 On 4/21/2024 at 11:35 AM, toi_ss said: Yeah, I read up on the dardanus hermit crabs, apparently they are all very aggressive and eat fish and aren't really very good at cleaning up That hasn't been my experience with them, they eat fish that have died usually And only attempt to catch fish when not fed enough toi_ss 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toi_ss Posted Thursday at 08:25 AM Author Report Share Posted Thursday at 08:25 AM On 4/23/2024 at 2:43 PM, livingart said: Sorry, this isn't to do with the original topic of the thread but do you know if there are any rays/skates and sharks that are keepable in home aquaria here? My max tank size would probably be around 2200 litres if that isn't too small and what would you feed them? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted Friday at 09:50 PM Report Share Posted Friday at 09:50 PM toi_ss 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted Friday at 09:53 PM Report Share Posted Friday at 09:53 PM On 4/25/2024 at 8:25 PM, toi_ss said: Sorry, this isn't to do with the original topic of the thread but do you know if there are any rays/skates and sharks that are keepable in home aquaria here? My max tank size would probably be around 2200 litres if that isn't too small and what would you feed them? Thanks All sharks and rays will outgrow that tank size Ihave kept very young rays and sharks for short periods but they don't take well to captivity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toi_ss Posted Saturday at 08:57 AM Author Report Share Posted Saturday at 08:57 AM 10 hours ago, livingart said: All sharks and rays will outgrow that tank size Ihave kept very young rays and sharks for short periods but they don't take well to captivity Could probably go up to 10,000 litres if i'm using seawater from the ocean and not buying synthetic salt, would this be too small for a horn/carpet shark and or longtail skate long term? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted Saturday at 02:41 PM Report Share Posted Saturday at 02:41 PM A big circular pool of at least 4k litres is best and cheapest set up, I cut down a 300000 litre water tank a few years ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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