Long story and questions about the things that I did last week

[littlehermit0]

So I brought many things from the beach like anemones and crabs, I am crazy with saltwater creatures, I decided to take them all at home thinking It would be easy to maintain all of that, I was very wrong, literally during the transport half of the things were dying but I saved the life of many of them by making a double 100% water change, I'm really sorry. after that I didn't put them in my reef tank and did as many things I could to make them comfortable, things such as plankton that I never knew it would be so important, I thought it already would reproduce in the tank to infinity, I never knew about the cultures, so I searched in some LFS if they had live zooplankton or other microorganisms for filter feeders, I couldn't do anything and I was scared that the filter feeders could starve so I took the most random zooplankton, seachem zooplankton, the worst one I could find I think, but I had no other choice. I accidentally brought a baby clam and I really want to keep it alive, it's so cute. my question is, will the seachem zooplankton help? I know it's dead, but I really hope it will feed my beautiful barnacles.
The parameters the tank are good for matching natural saltwater, I'm only waiting for the nitrate to drop because I had a lot of it so I used waste away that created a triple bacterial bloom that scared me a lot, the tank temperature is 21c but sometimes 19c (70f) I think it's enough cuz my hand literally becomes red from the strong coldness, even tho it's such a small difference, but I'll make the water way colder if I find a good cooler

Here are some pics of the tank

This lamp has a normal led bulb, closely matching the sunlight that they require

i feed them once a week, is that enough?

Again, I'm sorry for the mistakes I made.

 

[OrchidMiss]

@Nano man may have some great input for you

 

[vetteguy53081]

So I brought many things from the beach like anemones and crabs, I am crazy with saltwater creatures, I decided to take them all at home thinking It would be easy to maintain all of that, I was very wrong, literally during the transport half of the things were dying but I saved the life of many of them by making a double 100% water change, I'm really sorry. after that I didn't put them in my reef tank and did as many things I could to make them comfortable, things such as plankton that I never knew it would be so important, I thought it already would reproduce in the tank to infinity, I never knew about the cultures, so I searched in some LFS if they had live zooplankton or other microorganisms for filter feeders, I couldn't do anything and I was scared that the filter feeders could starve so I took the most random zooplankton, seachem zooplankton, the worst one I could find I think, but I had no other choice. I accidentally brought a baby clam and I really want to keep it alive, it's so cute. my question is, will the seachem zooplankton help? I know it's dead, but I really hope it will feed my beautiful barnacles.
The parameters the tank are good for matching natural saltwater, I'm only waiting for the nitrate to drop because I had a lot of it so I used waste away that created a triple bacterial bloom that scared me a lot, the tank temperature is 21c but sometimes 19c (70f) I think it's enough cuz my hand literally becomes red from the strong coldness, even tho it's such a small difference, but I'll make the water way colder if I find a good cooler

Here are some pics of the tank

This lamp has a normal led bulb, closely matching the sunlight that they require

i feed them once a week, is that enough?

Again, I'm sorry for the mistakes I made.

They must be well acclimated and some specimens lose their natural food source. Assure not too much lighting for flow especially if you found them in shallow water for the first few weeks.

 

[littlehermit0]

@Nano man may have some great input for you

He's literally the guy that I talked to on my older thread about the things I had, but I wanted to leave him alone this time lol

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

I accidentally brought a baby clam and I really want to keep it alive, it's so cute. my question is, will the seachem zooplankton help? I know it's dead, but I really hope it will feed my beautiful barnacles.

It may or may not help the barnacles (it's better than nothing), but for the clam you'll probably want some phytoplankton - diatoms like Chaetoceros, Skeletonema, and Thalassiosira are good options, and a lot of bivalves appreciate things like Isochrysis galbana/T-Iso and Tetraselmis as well.

I know finding feeder cultures can be quite tough in Europe - Brine Shrimp (Artemia) would be a great start if you can find them, as I know at least some barnacles have spawned on an Artemia diet. Copepods and Rotifers would be great if you can find them as well, but I'd try to at least get se Artemia going.

 

[littlehermit0]

It may or may not help the barnacles (it's better than nothing), but for the clam you'll probably want some phytoplankton - diatoms like Chaetoceros, Skeletonema, and Thalassiosira are good options, and a lot of bivalves appreciate things like Isochrysis galbana/T-Iso and Tetraselmis as well.

I know finding feeder cultures can be quite tough in Europe - Brine Shrimp (Artemia) would be a great start if you can find them, as I know at least some barnacles have spawned on an Artemia diet. Copepods and Rotifers would be great if you can find them as well, but I'd try to at least get se Artemia going.

I have a lot of Artemia and copepods, but i don't have phytoplankton, will those be good for the clam?

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

I have a lot of Artemia and copepods, but i don't have phytoplankton, will those be good for the clam?

They're likely too big for the clam - most bivalves need phytoplankton, not zooplankton to feed on.

 

[littlehermit0]

They're likely too big for the clam - most bivalves need phytoplankton, not zooplankton to feed on.

Yoo I found some... Yes dead but it's better than nothing

also quick question, is feeding anemones once a week enough? Do they reproduce fast? Cuz there's many of them appearing randomly

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

Yoo I found some... Yes dead but it's better than nothing

also quick question, is feeding anemones once a week enough? Do they reproduce fast? Cuz there's many of them appearing randomly

Definitely better than nothing, and it contains some good phyto strains.

It depends on the anemone - I'm not sure how often yours would need fed, sorry.

 

[Formulator]

Yoo I found some... Yes dead but it's better than nothing

also quick question, is feeding anemones once a week enough? Do they reproduce fast? Cuz there's many of them appearing randomly

Those look like aiptasia or at least similar. Most people consider them awful pests and they will reproduce rapidly and take over your whole tank to the point nothing else will live on your rock. I suggest getting rid of them… But you seem to have a very unique tank so its up to you. They don’t need to be fed. They will live and reproduce without any help.

 

[littlehermit0]

Those look like aiptasia or at least similar. Most people consider them awful pests and they will reproduce rapidly and take over your whole tank to the point nothing else will live on your rock. I suggest getting rid of them… But you seem to have a very unique tank so its up to you. They don’t need to be fed. They will live and reproduce without any help.

Where do you see aiptasia I didn't even take a photo of my tank, those are polyps on the picture of the bottle. But in my warm tank there's a lot of them but I don't really care I'll get rid of them later and I don't have any corals there

 

[Formulator]

Where do you see aiptasia I didn't even take a photo of my tank, those are polyps on the picture of the bottle. But in my warm tank there's a lot of them but I don't really care I'll get rid of them later and I don't have any corals there

In the first post of the thread. The brown anemones.