recomendations

mbell09 · 01/01/2009, 01:45 PM

what sort of cleanup crew can be addto a soft coral tank i have a pulsing xenia mushrooms kenya tree i am starting to get smaoo particls of alge paraams are good looking for something to liven it up and get some nutients beneficial to the softies

mbell09 · 01/01/2009, 01:49 PM

P.S. it is a 45 gal tank

Chris&Mel · 01/01/2009, 02:14 PM

Do you have anything for a CUC at the moment? How long has your tank been up?

reefworm · 01/01/2009, 02:41 PM

talk to John,
http://reefcleaners.org/index.php?op...tpage&Itemid=1
go to the clean up crew link and they'll make a good recommendation for you

mbell09 · 01/01/2009, 03:03 PM

no cuc now tank has been up for two months not counting the first month to cycle would like to keep it nice with the softees as i enjoy them very much so i want something that should not eat my softees

lewismw · 01/01/2009, 04:01 PM

For 45 gal tank I would drop in 50 astrea snails, 50 blue leg hermits and maybe a sand sifting star or some nassarian snails

woodiecrafts · 01/01/2009, 04:22 PM

I agree with the above post with the exception of the sand sifting star. Maybe once you tank hits 7-8 months the star would work out, but this soon it might starve since you siad it has only been a couple of months.

Tylt33 · 01/01/2009, 04:52 PM

50 hermits in a 45 gallon is quite high. One per 10 gallons will generally handle everything you need. Anymore than that and they'll kill each other and snails off quite quickly.

viodea · 01/01/2009, 04:58 PM

wow... I'm way undestock on cuc on my 120. I only have 5 turbos, 5 astrias, and 8 hermids.

ReefWreak · 01/01/2009, 05:13 PM

yea I've got probably under 20 snails in my entire 120g SPS reef... It blows my mind when I hear about people adding a few hundred of this or that type of algae eater at a time to their tanks...

reefworm · 01/01/2009, 07:03 PM

29 gal. has 18 nassarius, 25 small ceriths, 15 Florida ceriths, adding chiton and 10 limpets. Very good results. No hermits as I've found them too opportunistic; woodiecrafts is correct that the sandsifting star will starve after a time, and that after it's depleted the helpful benthic life in your sandbed.

stricknine · 01/01/2009, 07:27 PM

I would go against the hermits and turbos, especially if your keeping softies. Both are a constant nuisance knocking corals over, climbing all over them etc.

01/01/2009, 01:45 PM	#1
mbell09 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: rochester ny Posts: 339	recomendations what sort of cleanup crew can be addto a soft coral tank i have a pulsing xenia mushrooms kenya tree i am starting to get smaoo particls of alge paraams are good looking for something to liven it up and get some nutients beneficial to the softies __________________ ask a quetion be dumb for five min. ask no questions be dumb for life Current Tank Info: standard 55 gal tank

01/01/2009, 01:49 PM	#2
mbell09 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: rochester ny Posts: 339	P.S. it is a 45 gal tank __________________ ask a quetion be dumb for five min. ask no questions be dumb for life Current Tank Info: standard 55 gal tank

01/01/2009, 02:14 PM	#3
Chris&Mel Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: BC, Canada Posts: 597	Do you have anything for a CUC at the moment? How long has your tank been up? __________________ I let my wife think she is the brains of this operation Current Tank Info: 60 gal ,36" sun dial T-5, super skimmer 220, #2&#3 korilia's, marineland 20gal sump, 80pd's LR, 30 pd's LS

01/01/2009, 02:41 PM	#4
reefworm Registered Member Join Date: May 2000 Location: Waxhaw, NC USA Posts: 2,139	talk to John, http://reefcleaners.org/index.php?op...tpage&Itemid=1 go to the clean up crew link and they'll make a good recommendation for you __________________ "The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter." - Thomas Jefferson Current Tank Info: 29 gal. reef/assist with 75 gal. at the school

01/01/2009, 03:03 PM	#5
mbell09 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: rochester ny Posts: 339	no cuc now tank has been up for two months not counting the first month to cycle would like to keep it nice with the softees as i enjoy them very much so i want something that should not eat my softees __________________ ask a quetion be dumb for five min. ask no questions be dumb for life Current Tank Info: standard 55 gal tank

01/01/2009, 04:01 PM	#6
lewismw Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Birmingham Posts: 275	For 45 gal tank I would drop in 50 astrea snails, 50 blue leg hermits and maybe a sand sifting star or some nassarian snails

01/01/2009, 04:22 PM	#7
woodiecrafts Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Jonesboro, AR Posts: 414	I agree with the above post with the exception of the sand sifting star. Maybe once you tank hits 7-8 months the star would work out, but this soon it might starve since you siad it has only been a couple of months. __________________ Always remember, no matter where you go, there you are. "Buckaroo Banzai" Current Tank Info: 2-75 Gal Mixed Reefs / with T-5 Nova Extremes // 1-10 gal nano reef w/ PC's

01/01/2009, 04:52 PM	#8
Tylt33 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Chico, California Posts: 1,755	50 hermits in a 45 gallon is quite high. One per 10 gallons will generally handle everything you need. Anymore than that and they'll kill each other and snails off quite quickly.

01/01/2009, 04:58 PM	#9
viodea Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Kansas Posts: 520	wow... I'm way undestock on cuc on my 120. I only have 5 turbos, 5 astrias, and 8 hermids.

01/01/2009, 05:13 PM	#10
ReefWreak Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Astoria, NYC Posts: 10,159	yea I've got probably under 20 snails in my entire 120g SPS reef... It blows my mind when I hear about people adding a few hundred of this or that type of algae eater at a time to their tanks...

01/01/2009, 07:03 PM	#11
reefworm Registered Member Join Date: May 2000 Location: Waxhaw, NC USA Posts: 2,139	29 gal. has 18 nassarius, 25 small ceriths, 15 Florida ceriths, adding chiton and 10 limpets. Very good results. No hermits as I've found them too opportunistic; woodiecrafts is correct that the sandsifting star will starve after a time, and that after it's depleted the helpful benthic life in your sandbed. __________________ "The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter." - Thomas Jefferson Current Tank Info: 29 gal. reef/assist with 75 gal. at the school

01/01/2009, 07:27 PM	#12
stricknine Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Up North Posts: 989	I would go against the hermits and turbos, especially if your keeping softies. Both are a constant nuisance knocking corals over, climbing all over them etc.