What should I use for my cleaner crew?

[vorlx]

Hi,

I have a 75g FOWLR with the following:

60lbs of substrate
40lbs of live rock (Working on 75-90)

Stocked with:

1 Blue regal tang
1 percula clown
1 3 striped/humbug damsel
1 false gamma/royal dottyback

Everything is going well as I progress on the life of my aquarium. My biggest question lately has been what I should use as a cleanup crew. The false gamma will eat shrimp so they are out of the question.

I was thinking maybe turbo snails/magarita snails for the slime algae (whichever is more readily available) How many would be a good number?

What would be a good replacement for shrimp? I was thinking about a Serpent Star and a Sand Sifting star as a replacement for shrimp. My concern is that everything I have read about them say that they are rather touchy to acclimate and that a very precise drip method has to be used. Anyone have these species that could share there experiences with them? Thoughts in general?

[dmjordan]

i like cerith, nassarius, margarita, and astrea snails. i would toos the idea of a starfish. go with a fighting conch or a cuke instead. starfish are very delicate and will usually starve (depending on which one you get) in captivity. they require large, mature tanks with lots of established live rock.

[vorlx]

Good call on the conch, Just read up on them. Seems that would be a perfect fit for what I am looking for. How many would be good to get in a 75g FOWLR tank?

How many snails would be sufficient?

[ooja3k]

Be weary of conchs as they can get huge...

I believe...

[Grins]

Florida Fighting Conchs don't get as big. Mine moves around the tank a ton.

[hondamx]

This place has a nice clean up crew package, plus a lot of it is captive bred.

http://ipsf.com/reeftanktuneup.html