Hello, I used live ocean rock to start up my 60 gallon breeder and I’m seeing a lot of different critters out. So far I’ve seen emerald crabs, red mithrax crabs, so many of starfish, a mantis shrimp (I’ve seen one but I think I hear more), pistol shrimp, a very small pencil urchin, some fire worms/ bristle worms, a big flatworm, a small hermit crab, a very long gray worm, a sponge crab, and some other strange critters.
I have no clue what some these are and I’m assuming some of these have gotten killed by the mantis. I know that some of these critters are not reef safe so I’d like to know what fish I can get to get rid of some of these harmful critters?
I want to keep the mantis shrimp because it doesn’t seem like it could kill a fish. It’s pretty small and I don’t think it’s a peacock. I managed to take this picture of it; not sure if anyone can ID from this picture but it shows an estimate of its size.
I have no clue what some these are and I’m assuming some of these have gotten killed by the mantis. I know that some of these critters are not reef safe so I’d like to know what fish I can get to get rid of some of these harmful critters?
I want to keep the mantis shrimp because it doesn’t seem like it could kill a fish. It’s pretty small and I don’t think it’s a peacock. I managed to take this picture of it; not sure if anyone can ID from this picture but it shows an estimate of its size.
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