A Guide to Clean-Up Crews

[fishcatch22]

anyone got any good reccomendations for a clean up crew for a 5G?

 

[Subliminal]

Got snails?

 

[hobbit]

I am so at loss, i don't want to mess up. what would you guys put in a 12 US gallon? Right nmow, i have a single turbo snail. I also LOOOOVVEE hermits/crabs/shrimp

 

[Reefscape]

i would just have probably 3 snails and 3 hermits anda cleaner shrimp....you are not going to need a great lot in there...should be just fine for you..

Niko

 

[0m3n]

would you consider coral banded shrimp good cleaners?

 

[hobbit]

they kill other shrimp... And can bully a sleepy fish.

 

[Rags]

I have 2 sandsifting starfish. They are doing a wonderful job with the algae in the sand, and I think they're trying to mate. Would a red-legged hermit crab be likely to attack my stars?

 

[Reefscape]

i doubt it mate.....

 

[Longinus]

I know someone mentioned in the begining that blue legged hermits have a comparatively bad temper to red legged hermits, but I have yet to see this problem, and I am keeping assorted types of snails with my hermits and have yet to loose one. If anything, my blue legged hermits are afraid of my emerald crab and turbo.

Just my two cents.

 

[BIGgourami]

bumblebee snails
-film algea
-rock algeas (micro)
-hair algea (when not terribly long)
-cyano (a little, in hapenstance with film algea)