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07/05/2007, 04:02 PM
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Moved On
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Indiana
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75 gallon tank cleaners
I got this list from marine depot live
25 - Cerith Snails 20 - Nassarius Snails 20 - Nerite Snails 18 - Mexican Turbo Snails 03 - Queen Conch 02 - Sand Sifting Starfish 01 - Serpent Sea Star 15 - Blue Leg Hermit Crab 25 - Mexican Red Leg Hermits 01 - Cleaner Shrimp 01 - Lawnmower Blenny It retails for $252 without shipping Few questions TO much money? Overdone on teh stocking list? Underdone on teh stocking list? I whant my reef tank to be clean of nasty algae. I like the look of a clean aquarium. I will have top notch filtering and skimming Have at least 50 lbs of live rock. I would like to do heavier lightin so I can keep my bubletip happy which makes my maroon happy.... I will more than likely stay away from metal halides because it casued so much algae for me in the past. So I havn't decided on lighting yet. So what do you guys think? Will this do teh trick? |
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07/05/2007, 04:36 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Portland, OR
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Dont order it. They're giving you a bunch of things that are not only unneeded, but things that are just going to die.
The queen conchs....a single one needs TONS of open sand...they get over a foot long. Are they ok for a while? I'm sure they are, but they're still gonna strip your sandbed of any life. But 3 of them? Seems ridiculous to me in only a 75g. TWO SAND SIFTING STARS?? Thats even more crazy IMO...those things do the same things the conchs do....why would they sell you 5 things that are all really big, need much more space than a 75g (more for just sand...they need lots and lots of OPEN sand) and they all do the same thing?? To me just so they can make the money...because people will buy it. I'd ditch the crabs and just get snails. Thats how my tanks are and they do better that way, because the hermits (who dont clean much as it is, compared to snails) just kill the snails for their shells, even if you've got extras in there. The lawnmower blenny...Never had one, but a person in my local club was asking about them for hair alga...theres' a guy that has a business doing Aquarium cleaning stuff...he's got 3 people that he put the LMB's in and they dont seem to be helping at all. IMO they way over did it on this list...mostly just so they can run up your cost like i said probably. Quote:
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But my vote goes for t5 HO lights anyways...
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07/05/2007, 05:08 PM
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Moved On
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Indiana
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thank you very much for your response. What type of snail list would you recomend? I whant a nice clean tank. I will keep all my params good.
I will go with 75 lbs of rock I whant the glass clean as well as teh sand. So what would be your list of a cleanup crew for a 75 gallon? |
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07/07/2007, 07:57 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2006
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I would personaly start with these two
25 - Cerith Snails 20 - Nassarius Snails and if you have a bit of algae (hair algae) I would suggest a mexican turbo snail in there. |
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07/07/2007, 08:35 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Findlay, Ohio
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Nassarius, Cerith and Astria snails will do just fine.
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