Please comment my clean-up crew

Marteau · 09/02/2008, 12:01 AM

I have a 48,3 Gal with aprox 3 inch of sugar-fine sand

I plan to put :

10 Nassarius
10 Cerith
5 Astrea
1 TigerTail cucumber
2 Pepermint shrimp

Maybe 1 or 2 Serpent Starfish or a linckia

What do you think? Please put any comments... I don't want any hermit cause they eat snails...

Thanks
Vincent

fatdaddy · 09/02/2008, 06:52 AM

It looks like a good start. You may need some more Astrea, but you can wait and see if you have the algae to keep them happy.

A few red or blue legged hermits are fine, but I just wouldn't go crazy with them. Less then 1 per 10 gallons is about right.

I'd hold off on the linckia. They are fragile, and need a well established tank. I have a chocolate chip that has been with me for two years and has done well, but it's not reef safe. A serpent is hardy and a good addition.

crvz · 09/02/2008, 06:59 AM

should be fine, what else do you have (or plan to have) in the tank?

09/02/2008, 12:01 AM	#1
Marteau Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Quebec Posts: 41	Please comment my clean-up crew I have a 48,3 Gal with aprox 3 inch of sugar-fine sand I plan to put : 10 Nassarius 10 Cerith 5 Astrea 1 TigerTail cucumber 2 Pepermint shrimp Maybe 1 or 2 Serpent Starfish or a linckia What do you think? Please put any comments... I don't want any hermit cause they eat snails... Thanks Vincent __________________ PBITAWA Current Tank Info: 48,3 Gal project on the way

09/02/2008, 06:52 AM	#2
fatdaddy Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Northeast Florida Posts: 1,191	It looks like a good start. You may need some more Astrea, but you can wait and see if you have the algae to keep them happy. A few red or blue legged hermits are fine, but I just wouldn't go crazy with them. Less then 1 per 10 gallons is about right. I'd hold off on the linckia. They are fragile, and need a well established tank. I have a chocolate chip that has been with me for two years and has done well, but it's not reef safe. A serpent is hardy and a good addition. __________________ "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." -- Aristotle

09/02/2008, 06:59 AM	#3
crvz Team RC Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: houstonia Posts: 7,989	should be fine, what else do you have (or plan to have) in the tank? __________________ -Chris- You don't win friends with salad. "Look! They're trying to learn for free!" ... "Use your phony guns as clubs!" Current Tank Info: rectangluar? wet?