ClownieandBilly
09-15-2003, 4:46 PM
I am about to add a clean up crew to my newly cycled reef tank,i am thinking of adding the following (tank 130gal with LR)
1.nass. snails
2.cerith snails
3.turbos
what else should i add,i have heard some good and bad reports on hermits and stars.Please give me some opinions on best mix of critters
kreblak
09-15-2003, 9:57 PM
Scarlett hermits are great at sifting the sand, diatom cleaning, and limited cyano cleansing. They excel at scavenging leftover bits of fish food, and are very docile towards other tank inhabitants.
Blue legged hermits are excellent at sand sifting, scavenging, and will kick but on green hair algae, should you ever develop a case of it. Corax and I are infested with it currently, and if it weren't for my blue hermits I'd be over run. Blues do have a nasty habit of going after your snails, however, and have been known to kill a snail just to check out the housing potential of it's shell.
Candy stripe cleaner shrimp are great. Mine cleans everything he can reach. He eats algae off the glass and LR, he cleans the fish, and he even tries to clean my hand when I put it in the tank. He also scavenges leftovers like a champ.
I also have a sea urchin and an emerald crab. The urchin is pretty cool to watch, but the emrald crab is butt ugly. They do damage to hair algae, though.
kreblak
09-15-2003, 9:58 PM
Oh, and good choices on the snails. They should work well together. I have the same mix of species, with a few astrea thrown in for good measure.