Cleaning crew selection and open to suggestions

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OldManOfTheSea

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I located what I can with the free time which was available to me for I need now to move to the next step and make a fish selection for which SPS corals will be last here being that I will not look at add any to the tanks until pass the 5th month of age for the tanks. Now the list below, only snails and hermits will be added to the tanks in the beginning months and the other selections wont be added until a much later date while the tank ages, they will be added slowly. If im missing anything, please do make it a suggestion for me to look into and any comments to the selection you see here, im all ears (eyes).

Fighting Conch(Strombus spp.)
Chitons (When they become available)
Tiger Tail Sea Cucumber (Holothuria sp.)
Edible Sea Cucumber (Holothuria edulis)
Papillate Sea Cucumber/Light-Spotted Sea Cucumber (Holothuria hilla)
Alabaster Worm Cucumber (Opheodesoma sp.)
Turbo Snail Mexican (Turbo fluctuosa)
Turbo Snail (Turbo sp.)
Astraea Turbo Snail ((Astraea tecta)
Red Scarlet hermit crabs (Paguristes cadenati)
Blue-Legged Hermit Crabs (Clibanarius tricolor)
Peppermint Shrimps (Lysmata wurdemanni)
Scarlet Skunk Cleaner Shrimp (Lysmata amboinensis)
Blood Red Fire Shrimp (Lysmata debelius)
Pistol Shrimp (Alpheus sp.)
Indo-Pacific White-Striped Cleaner Shrimp (Lysmata amboinensis)
Blue tuxedo urchin (Mespillia globulus)
Globe Urchin (Mespilia globulus)
Emerald Crab (Mithrax sculptus)
Sand Sifting Starfish (Astropecten polycanthus)
Purple Burgundy Sea Star (Tamaria sp.)
Red Sea Star (Fromia milleporella)
Assorted Marble Sea Star (Fromia sp.)
Tiger-striped Fancy Serpent Sea Star (Ophiolepsis superba)
Fancy Banded Serpent Star (Ophiocoma sp.)
Blue Linckia Sea Star (Linckia laevigata)


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MERRY CHRISTMAS
Buddy
 
It will be a 180 that I stock first and I know that I will only be able to have not more then three larger growing starfishes in it.
 
LOL you read my mind. I am not a fan of sand sifting stars as far as the rest the serpents would be good, in my opinion if you put a linkia in I would only add 1 other star that isnt a serpent or brittle but the rest looks good to me other than the cuc's as I am not familiar with them
 
shells

the scarlet legs hermits get bigger and will kill the blue legs for their shells in some cases if ther arent enough shells but other then that looks good
 
Buddy, highly recommend that fighting conch, love mine. If this is the large reef you're thinking about you might even get away with a Queen. The skunk cleaner and the white stripe cleaners are the same shrimp I believe. There are slight variations in nes coming from 2 different regions (some tail spots I believe) but they are both sold as the same shrimp. I will also add that my blue linkia did not fare well. It injured itself trying to get between rocks it couldn't fit between and then when my electrical short occured it never recovered. I would encourage you to look at the orange one over the blue. Although I find the blue and purple ones very attractive the orange ones have a bit better history of surviving in our tanks. Still not great but better.
 
Grins, That is part of the reason why im posting things like this for it matters not what I knew before of things, only that im looking to do something far different and I know that no matter to how perfect im looking for this stocking to be, that im sure that there be some surprises in store for my old eyes.

On the fighting conch, im thinking of having a few of these, a small number.

he skunk cleaner and the white stripe cleaners are the same shrimp I believe. There are slight variations in nes coming from 2 different regions
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I seen that, they do come from two different regions and its easy to confuse them for the same species.

I will also add that my blue linkia did not fare well.
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Grins, dont you have a small reef system? A 55 I think it is? The tank for one is too small for this species, as well im no plans to add it any time soon, but at a much later date when the system if more then half stocked and well age. For the same thing im planning clams and a set of dwarf eels, the Redface Moray. Im sorry you had then a electrical power problem, But im too also get a bit stronger power generator as well. And yes, I know many not have such a long life span due too a greater water quality.

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MERRY CHRISTMAS
Buddy
 
I have a yellow cuke in my 90 and love that cleaner it has been in there for a cpl of yrs it just goes around the outside of my tank away from the liverock cleaning the sand bed continuously...
 
I wanted as well the Colochirus robustus and know of a few who have it, in so I not listed it no matter to how much I wanted it. Still I left it at the back of my mind and not had excused it completely. It be the same to what small angel I might pick from, and yet, there be plenty of time as yet in what to decide on or not. Im a person of much patience and I would had already started up the 180, but being I done something other, I not have a bit of waiting to get the lights on the 180. But I am waiting at this time for I still next month need to pay my propane delivery of the 250 gals for $750 or so. For if not, I would already with the 175 MH on the tank, started it up. But the cash it short coming and so, I must wait my time.

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MERRY CHRISTMAS
Buddy
 
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