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August 20th, 2008, 05:32 AM
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What are good rock cleaners?
I heard mandarin fish are good rock cleaners as well as 6 line wrasse....
Any others? Current Aquarium(s) Description: 1.3 yr established 45 gallon bowfront , Aqua C Remora overhang skimmer with bubble trap, 36" Orbit C Experience in Saltwater & Reef Aquarium Hobby: ompact flouorescent Lunar, 10 gal sump, hanging overflow for feeding water to sump. 3 months apprent 
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August 20th, 2008, 05:34 AM
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Re: What are good rock cleaners?
I would be careful with Manderin fish. From what I have read here and elsewhere, they usually eat pods. A lot of people recommend to watch them eat frozen foods at the LFS if your thinking about purchasing one.
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August 20th, 2008, 05:38 AM
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Re: What are good rock cleaners?
you shouldnt own a mandarine unless your tank is over a year old as most only feed on pods to live and they eat non stop and if you dont have a huge population the mandarine will eat them faster then they can reproduce. and snails are good at cleaning rocks
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August 20th, 2008, 05:48 AM
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Re: What are good rock cleaners?
I have mandarin that are eating copepods and doing well. They also like frozen brine, and cyclop-eez. So alls well there. I just was told that for the things that live in our rock and can overpopulate like bristles, mandarin and 6 line wrasse are good. Seems to me Biffer said something a while back about another fish...goby?///????? My six line got caught in my pump...darn...so am thinking about what would be good as I have 3 tanks...all reef with lots of corals starting.
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August 20th, 2008, 05:50 AM
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Re: What are good rock cleaners?
well bristle worms are good so i dont know why you wanna get rid of those and gobies are primarily used for sifting sand
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August 20th, 2008, 06:03 AM
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Re: What are good rock cleaners?
If I recall correctly, Biff was talking about cleaner gobies. Here is a link to one on Live Aquaria, but I have also seen blue neon ones in my LFS.
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/p...pcatid=175&N=0
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August 20th, 2008, 06:13 AM
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Re: What are good rock cleaners?
My emerald crab has made a disaster of my green turf algae. It's almost completely gone. I'm so happy I could do back flips.
 Most of my rock stays pretty clean. 3 large red leg hermits. 10 or more 3/8" blue tip hermits. About 20+/- snails (assorted species) .
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August 20th, 2008, 06:53 AM
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Re: What are good rock cleaners?
Keep the rocks clean of what? Algae? Pods and bristleworms are good for your tank, you don't want anything that's going to eat all of them.
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August 20th, 2008, 06:57 AM
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Re: What are good rock cleaners?
lights, are these the blue neon gobies your talking about
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August 20th, 2008, 12:49 PM
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Re: What are good rock cleaners?
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