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12/04/2008, 07:40 PM
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75 gallon cleanup crew
Any ideas for a 75 gallon clean up crew? Its a reef primariliy with softies and about 100lbs of LR...Just need a list with good "diversity"
Thanks!
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12/04/2008, 07:44 PM
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you will laugh at this....my clean up crew ==
2turbo snails 5-6 hermit crabs 1 sandsifting star 1 zombie snail 1 cleaner shrimp my tank is clean as a whistle to.... i actually had 16 astrea snails but they all starved i think
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12/04/2008, 07:48 PM
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The key is to add them slowly.
I would get a combo of Nessarius, Astrea, Ceriths ( I love Ceriths..) and turbos if you want (I hate turbos, they knock over everything) I had a few hermits, but they're all in my fuge now. They like to pick at my corals (Blue ones) |
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12/04/2008, 08:07 PM
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 h h hhow?I have about 100 blue leg hermits, Had 3 turbos but two were murdered by the hermits, About 80 ast snails, 4 cleaner shrimp 3 sandsifting stars, and my tank is still dirty!
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12/04/2008, 08:41 PM
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I used tap water, had a ton of snails, crabs shrimp...Still had a dirty tank.
Picked up and RO/DI, tank cleared up...
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12/04/2008, 09:34 PM
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40 snails, cerinths and nassarius
10-20 hermits some brislte worms some pods or you could go to BZA and order like a 25 gallon CUC, most places grossly overestimate what you need IMHO
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Jeremy Brown liquor never hurt anybody “Je n'ai pas besoin de cette hypothèse" Pierre-Simon Laplace I should want to cook him a simple meal, but I shouldn't want to cut into him, to tear the flesh, to wear the flesh, to be born unto new worlds where his flesh becomes my key. Current Tank Info: broken and dry |
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12/04/2008, 10:42 PM
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Just a few small hermit crabs (10 max) and about 30 snails, mostly turbo snails, and if you have deep SB then some nassarius snails are also good to have.
You do not need more than that in a 75g.
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good luck, Cesar ---------------------------------------------------- 210g tank 72x24x29, sump with Refuge, Mixed fish and corals reef tank Current Tank Info: 210g SW mixed reef, 30g SW |
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12/04/2008, 10:56 PM
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I personally don't like the turbos. THey bulldoze everything over and don't do that great of a job on algae IMHO. I think astreas do a good job... but they are too clumsy. It think ultimately every tank is a little different and what works in one will not work in another.
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Jeremy Brown liquor never hurt anybody “Je n'ai pas besoin de cette hypothèse" Pierre-Simon Laplace I should want to cook him a simple meal, but I shouldn't want to cut into him, to tear the flesh, to wear the flesh, to be born unto new worlds where his flesh becomes my key. Current Tank Info: broken and dry |
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12/05/2008, 12:02 AM
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i have a bunch of astreas, ceriths, nassarius, a few margaritas and a few emerald crabs.
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12/05/2008, 07:30 AM
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2x Strombus spp. (fighting conchs)
2x Astrea undoza (top crown snails) 6x Astrea tecta (astrea snails) 12x Cerithium spp. (cerith snails) 12x Nassarius distortus (super tongan nassarius snails) This is what I would start with along with some Stomatella varia if you can find them (stomatella snails) and if you are starting with base rock I'd also get some micro stars, bristle worms, and pod cultures to get things going.
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