newbie starting out

[catshanon]

Originally Posted by kevNnic

how much live rock have u added? a pound? or 14 pounds? you should have 1 pound of live rock per every gallon. If the snails are alive, they should be active. Have u checked your water levels?

Its just a pound of live rock, and my water level has dropped 1/2 an inch. I took the snails in my hand and tapped them, and could still feel their soft flesh (so, am I guessing correctly that they are alive ?)

I have 60 pounds of base rock that will be seeded with these live rock, so I am just trying to keep the one pound of live rock alive.



I can see one small snail moving about nicely :-) :-), so is it safe to assume that the sand bed is live ? and can I add a hermit crab and a sand sifting starfish?