cleanup crew?

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im currently building my first marine tank...
its a 75gal with a 2.5ft sump...
sump will have a refugium..
im looking at stocking LPS probably...

i will be ready to cycle and that soon so was wondering what a good clean up crew would be?

let me know your thoughts,

cheers

josh
 
Have you decided how much live rock you'll be adding to the tank?

Personally, I have a few of them but I'm not too crazy about them, I wouldn't get hermits the next time around.

- Nassarius snails are great,
- nerite snails too,
- cerith snails,
- turbos, (except, they can potentially knock off frags, and when they fall on their back you might have to manually flip them over). I have mexican turbos and they do a great job.
- a serpant star sould be a nice addition as well.

Don't purchase those mega huge cleanup crews that most online lfs's try to sell. Instead, start off small, and through weeks, you'll see if you need more of them.
 
I like to keep nassarius, cerith, margarita, and astrea snails in our tanks. If you are going bare bottom, you would probably not add nassarius snails since they like to burrow into the sand. I feel like those do a good job. I try to keep the hermit crab numbers to a minimum after having a bunch and it being too many. I like to have just a couple of the slightly larger scarlet leg hermits (the ones with the yellow face).

Serpent stars are ok, but not my favorite. I don't keep any of those in our tanks. The micro brittle stars though, I very much enjoy having those in our tanks.

I would agree... Please avoid the clean up crew packs (or buy one they intend for a tank 1/2 the size of yours or less) and any recommendations for 1 snail and 1 hermit per gallon of tank (which is the basis for some of the clean up crew packs sold). If you buy that many, you'll find that many of them end up dieing because there's not enough for them to eat. If you decide to feed more heavily to keep them fed, it's very easy to overfeed and cause problems with your water quality. Plus, if there's plenty of food to eat, they usually don't scavenge around quite as much. It's just easier to add snails and/or hermits in smaller numbers, then add more as needed over time.
 
okay sweet, thanks guys...

haha i wish i could use kids...
im still a kid myself =[
 
as for liverock im not 100% sure...

i will be having quite a bit but im just not how much i will need...
i will be scaping the tank with one big structure
and i have a chamber in my sump for extra live rock..
 
I second ceriths. With no predators they can breed in the tank (mine did). I am not a fan of turbos, but I have a small tank. I'd rather have several things moving than one big thing.

I don't do any crabs.
 
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