Opinions Please - Cleaner Crew

[jb61264]

Considering investing in this for a cleaner crew...is anything in this "package" detrimental to having corals? Are there better options? I have a lawnmower blenny so far...he will be one week in the tank on Tuesday...eating and pooping machine that one is :) but need to get a little more "algae" and "waste" control going on.

 

[yote]

Your clean up crew wont bother any corals.Just algae and detritus.

 

[Piggy]

The only thing I don't care for on the list are hermit crabs. They'll kill snails for their shells. Even when you have plenty of empty ones in the tank for them. Also they'll climb all over corals. Some don't mind but others do.

 

[kimoy]

that is a good package but if you already have some of those in your tank I would just add a cucumber. I have a black tuxed cucumber in my tank for over a year now. I am now looking for a sea hare to add.

 

[Bifferwine]

I agree with Piggy on this one. Unlike Kimoy, I hate cucumbers. They bury themselves in the sand and I had one die in my tank, and because it was buried, I couldn't find and remove the body, and my nitrates spiked to 150!

 

[Altohombre]

everyone is so against hermits. My blue legs are so tiny compared to my snails. I never see them even pay attention to the snails. I guess if they grow a little and need a shell they may get a little more threatening.

 

[Piggy]

Just give them time. They'll be after your snails before you know it.

 

[yote]

I fed all my hermits to Jefferson Davis.
They got to be a pain when I tryed to feed my corals.

 

[jb61264]

I think I'll just be ordering 3-4 mexican turbos, 5-6 nassarius, and 5-6 astrea snails...with a 40 gal breeder do you think that will be good for now?

 

[Bifferwine]

I'd get more nassarius and astraea than that. Maybe 10 of each of those. If you go to eTropicals.com - Live fish, corals, inverts, plants, live rock & sand you can build your own cleaner crew and it has free shipping.

 

[reeffreak]

I prefer a crab-less CUC.Yes,I would add more Nassarius and Astreas and reduce Mexican Turbos to 1-2.