Whats up with my cleaner shrimp?

[Nano]

thanks reefwars. I appreciate that! My clown is probably my favorite part of my tank at the moment so I am focused on keeping my parameters stable, cause if he dies I would die lol (not literally obviously) but hes my little buddy, when I put my hand in the tank to clean the glass or move LR he swims around in my hand as if to host it. and I hand feed him every day he's my biggest accomplishment thus far. my bangai, quickly has become best friends with him. So thats a bonus. I'm still bummed about the blenny, cause I looked all over for one did some reading up on them talked to the LFS and got him home, and boom dead. that was so bogus. lol. It's like you said no matter how much you think you know or prepare yourself, theres always a surprise. For now I wont be adding anyone til' after the holidays, except a ricordea, this saturday, and that is it for a month. my next focus is working on my tanks filtration and lighting hopefully retro fitting some leds into a light I got dirt cheap over the weeked, anyone know how I could get some super bright (almost metal halide bright) leds into my oddysea 24 in" MH t5 combo light? I don't want to use the halides on this tank cause it'll for sure fry my corals. maybe when I upgrade to a larger tank down the road, but for now a nice retrofit is in order I believe. Other then that everyone is fine, in fact today my scarlet hermit crab changed shells for the first time since I got him 2 months ago, and that was pretty neat to see.

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by nanomano

thanks reefwars. I appreciate that! My clown is probably my favorite part of my tank at the moment so I am focused on keeping my parameters stable, cause if he dies I would die lol (not literally obviously) but hes my little buddy, when I put my hand in the tank to clean the glass or move LR he swims around in my hand as if to host it. and I hand feed him every day he's my biggest accomplishment thus far. my bangai, quickly has become best friends with him. So thats a bonus. I'm still bummed about the blenny, cause I looked all over for one did some reading up on them talked to the LFS and got him home, and boom dead. that was so bogus. lol. It's like you said no matter how much you think you know or prepare yourself, theres always a surprise. For now I wont be adding anyone til' after the holidays, except a ricordea, this saturday, and that is it for a month. my next focus is working on my tanks filtration and lighting hopefully retro fitting some leds into a light I got dirt cheap over the weeked, anyone know how I could get some super bright (almost metal halide bright) leds into my oddysea 24 in" MH t5 combo light? I don't want to use the halides on this tank cause it'll for sure fry my corals. maybe when I upgrade to a larger tank down the road, but for now a nice retrofit is in order I believe. Other then that everyone is fine, in fact today my scarlet hermit crab changed shells for the first time since I got him 2 months ago, and that was pretty neat to see.

i used a 250w on my last 20g lol so frying them i woldnt worry about too much, but youve got the right idea for sure go slow and if you need to spend money spend it on equipment and bettering the tank itsself

oh and i wouldnt rule your hermits out from killing your shrimp.....hermits and all crabs for that matter are evil hehehe they will take an easy meal such as a freshly molted shrimp

[Nano]

Originally Posted by reefwars

i used a 250w on my last 20g lol so frying them i woldnt worry about too much, but youve got the right idea for sure go slow and if you need to spend money spend it on equipment and bettering the tank itsself

oh and i wouldnt rule your hermits out from killing your shrimp.....hermits and all crabs for that matter are evil hehehe they will take an easy meal such as a freshly molted shrimp

you used a 250? I only keep low lights though like zoo's and ricordeas and stuff, in fact the only coral I have that could take higher light i believe is my hammer. its mounted about 6" above my tank, mind you my tank is a standard 24x12x12 20g. I was told by a few that it would fry my tank lol. so its off for the time being