need clean up crew advice

RicoReef · 10/02/2013, 11:30 AM

right now i only have a few snails, an emerald crab, and 2 peppermint shrimp what else can i get for my tank to help clean?

i have a 40 breeder for over a month now. water levels are within range (using saltwater test kit not reef, so really only testing Ammonia, Nitrates, Nitrites, and PH)

i have a mixture of Live and dry rock put in at the same time at the beginning of cycling with Clown fish, Coral Beauty, Chromie, Royal Gramma, and flame goby. no more fish now just trying to get low light corals (have a small eagle eye polyps and tiny GSP frag growing fine for about a week and a half) and coraline to grow on dry rock.

for lighting i have a T5 with a low output LED supplementing it. T5 is set on a timer of 4 hours in the morning and turns off for 4 hours and then on again for 6 hours.

CHG107 · 10/02/2013, 11:32 AM

Could get a few hermits and a few more snails. I have 4 hermits and a bunch of snails in my 29 Biocube and they do a pretty nice job of cleaning up the tank.

thmh · 10/02/2013, 11:36 AM

I would get a variety of snails they do the best cleaning ie: trochus, cerith, astrea and nassarius.

jcarey · 10/02/2013, 12:57 PM

definitely lots of nassarius and astrea, swarf cerith's, and a turbo snail or two to keep it spotless. my biocube stays good and i got the 33 pack from reefcleaner's

RicoReef · 10/04/2013, 11:53 PM

Awesome thanks everyone. Seems like a good variety of snails is the best answer. Thank you...

10/02/2013, 11:30 AM	#1
RicoReef Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Miami, FL Posts: 15	need clean up crew advice right now i only have a few snails, an emerald crab, and 2 peppermint shrimp what else can i get for my tank to help clean? i have a 40 breeder for over a month now. water levels are within range (using saltwater test kit not reef, so really only testing Ammonia, Nitrates, Nitrites, and PH) i have a mixture of Live and dry rock put in at the same time at the beginning of cycling with Clown fish, Coral Beauty, Chromie, Royal Gramma, and flame goby. no more fish now just trying to get low light corals (have a small eagle eye polyps and tiny GSP frag growing fine for about a week and a half) and coraline to grow on dry rock. for lighting i have a T5 with a low output LED supplementing it. T5 is set on a timer of 4 hours in the morning and turns off for 4 hours and then on again for 6 hours.

10/02/2013, 11:32 AM	#2
CHG107 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: New York Posts: 205	Could get a few hermits and a few more snails. I have 4 hermits and a bunch of snails in my 29 Biocube and they do a pretty nice job of cleaning up the tank.

10/02/2013, 11:36 AM	#3
thmh Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 11	I would get a variety of snails they do the best cleaning ie: trochus, cerith, astrea and nassarius.

10/02/2013, 12:57 PM	#4
jcarey Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: NorthCentral PA williamsport Posts: 121	definitely lots of nassarius and astrea, swarf cerith's, and a turbo snail or two to keep it spotless. my biocube stays good and i got the 33 pack from reefcleaner's

10/04/2013, 11:53 PM	#5
RicoReef Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Miami, FL Posts: 15	Awesome thanks everyone. Seems like a good variety of snails is the best answer. Thank you...