Clean up crew for 120 gallon?

LagginPotato · 09/15/2013, 04:43 PM

Hey guys. I am getting ready to set up my first reef tank and I need some help on what to put in my clean up crew. The tank is going to be 120-125 gallons and it won't really have any fish that are too aggressive towards invertebrates other than maybe a coral beauty and a magnificent foxface. My tank will have all kinds of corals, a sand bed, and 120lbs of live rocks. I will pretty much take anything - shrimp, snails, crabs. So what type and how many of each invert do you guys think would work for my tank? Thanks.

PaulieReef · 09/15/2013, 05:01 PM

A good site I got all my stuff from is http://www.reefcleaners.org/ 90%-99% of the stuff was alive when I got it and their prices are not bad. My suggestion, stay away from hermits. One they will kill off your snails for their shells, and two they can sometimes pick at coral. If i had to do it all over again I would just get snails, but that is just my two cents.

seven2sam · 09/15/2013, 05:01 PM

cleaner shrimp(2)
lawnmower blenny 1 or 2

for starters

09/15/2013, 04:43 PM	#1
LagginPotato Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: United States Posts: 24	Clean up crew for 120 gallon? Hey guys. I am getting ready to set up my first reef tank and I need some help on what to put in my clean up crew. The tank is going to be 120-125 gallons and it won't really have any fish that are too aggressive towards invertebrates other than maybe a coral beauty and a magnificent foxface. My tank will have all kinds of corals, a sand bed, and 120lbs of live rocks. I will pretty much take anything - shrimp, snails, crabs. So what type and how many of each invert do you guys think would work for my tank? Thanks.

09/15/2013, 05:01 PM	#2
PaulieReef Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Lafayette, LA Posts: 291	A good site I got all my stuff from is http://www.reefcleaners.org/ 90%-99% of the stuff was alive when I got it and their prices are not bad. My suggestion, stay away from hermits. One they will kill off your snails for their shells, and two they can sometimes pick at coral. If i had to do it all over again I would just get snails, but that is just my two cents.

09/15/2013, 05:01 PM	#3
seven2sam Registered Member Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 70	cleaner shrimp(2) lawnmower blenny 1 or 2 for starters