Hello all,
I am a new ceph owner as of today (right now they are dripping). I ordered two O. mercatoris and I am putting them into a 29 gal tank. I would not have ordered two but I really wanted to increase my chances of one surviving (hopefully both). I have been reading many posts on this forum for around a month or so trying to learn as much as possible.
In my tank I have probably about 30lbs. of very nice live rock, sand, and shells (soon to be to octos). I have been cycling my tank for a month now with live rock, sand, hermits, snails, 3 fiddlers, and some marine shrimp. I also have a 2 gal feeder up and running with excess feeders in it. Both tanks are up and successful (great water quality).
I am actually a med student here in Omaha, NE at the Univ. of NE med center. In my spare time I am deep into african cichlids (mainly tanganyikan species-breeding comps and calvus) and this is my first salt tank. I know this is a huge jump, being a rookie saltie but I feel that I am somewhat prepared by keeping freshwater species for a while now (doing consistant water changes, tests, and such).
Hopefully I won't have any trouble with my new buddies, but I will have no trouble upgrading tanks or splitting them up if need be. I have around 15 tanks going in my house and could easily set up another salt water.
Sorry for the novel, but I have wanted to post for a while now. I wanted to thank everyone for all the great information. I learned so much just reading through threads. I would post pics but I don't have a camera. Hopefully over break I will borrow one and get some pics (but having nocturnal species, that is easier said than done).
Thanks again to all. I have been waiting to own an octo for a long time!
Garrett
I am a new ceph owner as of today (right now they are dripping). I ordered two O. mercatoris and I am putting them into a 29 gal tank. I would not have ordered two but I really wanted to increase my chances of one surviving (hopefully both). I have been reading many posts on this forum for around a month or so trying to learn as much as possible.
In my tank I have probably about 30lbs. of very nice live rock, sand, and shells (soon to be to octos). I have been cycling my tank for a month now with live rock, sand, hermits, snails, 3 fiddlers, and some marine shrimp. I also have a 2 gal feeder up and running with excess feeders in it. Both tanks are up and successful (great water quality).
I am actually a med student here in Omaha, NE at the Univ. of NE med center. In my spare time I am deep into african cichlids (mainly tanganyikan species-breeding comps and calvus) and this is my first salt tank. I know this is a huge jump, being a rookie saltie but I feel that I am somewhat prepared by keeping freshwater species for a while now (doing consistant water changes, tests, and such).
Hopefully I won't have any trouble with my new buddies, but I will have no trouble upgrading tanks or splitting them up if need be. I have around 15 tanks going in my house and could easily set up another salt water.
Sorry for the novel, but I have wanted to post for a while now. I wanted to thank everyone for all the great information. I learned so much just reading through threads. I would post pics but I don't have a camera. Hopefully over break I will borrow one and get some pics (but having nocturnal species, that is easier said than done).
Thanks again to all. I have been waiting to own an octo for a long time!
Garrett