how long before adding clean-up crew?

The Reefer91 · 07/03/2006, 04:57 PM

i added live rock to my 10g to last thursday. can i add some snails and hermits? on the seachem test kit, it says my ammonia is 0.02. i know i should't have any ammonia, but my feather duster worms are growing fine. can i add any snails and stuff?

old salty · 07/03/2006, 05:05 PM

I waited until the "New tank algae bloom" came around, then added the cleanup crew. They had lots to eat!!

LaloV. · 07/03/2006, 05:07 PM

Wait the algae bloom, if you add the snails, crabs, etc. earlier they will have nothing to eat.

PD Acclimate them slowly.

The Reefer91 · 07/03/2006, 05:14 PM

there hasn't been an algae bloom yet, however there has been a few clumps of hairish algae growing.

07/03/2006, 04:57 PM	#1
The Reefer91 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 1,250	how long before adding clean-up crew? i added live rock to my 10g to last thursday. can i add some snails and hermits? on the seachem test kit, it says my ammonia is 0.02. i know i should't have any ammonia, but my feather duster worms are growing fine. can i add any snails and stuff? __________________ Dan "Every day we fade little by little, 'till there's nothing left of us but the lies we've sown." Current Tank Info: 20g L display: 2x65watt Coralife light, Octopus 150 needle wheel protein skimmer, 1 Koralia 2 and 2 powersweeps, and a DIY sump/fuge.....120G in the works!!!

07/03/2006, 05:05 PM	#2
old salty Genius Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: The Island of Misfit Toys Posts: 3,131	I waited until the "New tank algae bloom" came around, then added the cleanup crew. They had lots to eat!! __________________ "The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers." Thomas Jefferson Current Tank Info: Out of the marine aquarium hobby

07/03/2006, 05:14 PM	#4
The Reefer91 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 1,250	there hasn't been an algae bloom yet, however there has been a few clumps of hairish algae growing. __________________ Dan "Every day we fade little by little, 'till there's nothing left of us but the lies we've sown." Current Tank Info: 20g L display: 2x65watt Coralife light, Octopus 150 needle wheel protein skimmer, 1 Koralia 2 and 2 powersweeps, and a DIY sump/fuge.....120G in the works!!!

07/03/2006, 05:07 PM	#3
LaloV. Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: México Posts: 110	Wait the algae bloom, if you add the snails, crabs, etc. earlier they will have nothing to eat. PD Acclimate them slowly.