Considering investing in this for a cleaner crew...is anything in this "package" detrimental to having corals? Are there better options? I have a lawnmower blenny so far...he will be one week in the tank on Tuesday...eating and pooping machine that one is :) but need to get a little more "algae" and "waste" control going on.
Opinions Please - Cleaner Crew
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yote
In Memoriam
Your clean up crew wont bother any corals.Just algae and detritus.
Piggy
Reef enthusiast
The only thing I don't care for on the list are hermit crabs. They'll kill snails for their shells. Even when you have plenty of empty ones in the tank for them. Also they'll climb all over corals. Some don't mind but others do.
kimoy
CERTIFIED BUM
that is a good package but if you already have some of those in your tank I would just add a cucumber. I have a black tuxed cucumber in my tank for over a year now. I am now looking for a sea hare to add.
Bifferwine
I am a girl
I agree with Piggy on this one. Unlike Kimoy, I hate cucumbers. They bury themselves in the sand and I had one die in my tank, and because it was buried, I couldn't find and remove the body, and my nitrates spiked to 150!
Altohombre
The Tennis Pro Reefer
everyone is so against hermits. My blue legs are so tiny compared to my snails. I never see them even pay attention to the snails. I guess if they grow a little and need a shell they may get a little more threatening.
Piggy
Reef enthusiast
Just give them time. They'll be after your snails before you know it.
yote
In Memoriam
I fed all my hermits to Jefferson Davis.
They got to be a pain when I tryed to feed my corals.
They got to be a pain when I tryed to feed my corals.
Bifferwine
I am a girl
I'd get more nassarius and astraea than that. Maybe 10 of each of those. If you go to eTropicals.com - Live fish, corals, inverts, plants, live rock & sand you can build your own cleaner crew and it has free shipping.
reeffreak
Reef pro
I prefer a crab-less CUC.Yes,I would add more Nassarius and Astreas and reduce Mexican Turbos to 1-2.
