Dakwan
Reefing newb
I was looking at the website of one of my LFS's recommendations on CUC (Reef Custodians) and this is what i found in relevance to the tank size i have in the works.
70 - 90 Gallons
60 - Blue Legged Hermits
10 - Red Scarlet Hermit
20 - Astrea Snails
20 - Margarita Snails
20 - Cerith Snails
It's probably my ignorance speaking here but that seems like alot to me. Especially the amount of hermit crabs. everything i've read says that hermits can be pretty dang aggressive and with 70 of the little b*stards running around imagine they could inflict some serious damage.
Is this actually a reasonable # of critters for a cleanup crew? If it is a realistic number and i wanted to steer away from having a legion of hermit crabs routinely laying siege to all my snails, what would be a reasonable replacement in both numbers and species?
thanks!
70 - 90 Gallons
60 - Blue Legged Hermits
10 - Red Scarlet Hermit
20 - Astrea Snails
20 - Margarita Snails
20 - Cerith Snails
It's probably my ignorance speaking here but that seems like alot to me. Especially the amount of hermit crabs. everything i've read says that hermits can be pretty dang aggressive and with 70 of the little b*stards running around imagine they could inflict some serious damage.
Is this actually a reasonable # of critters for a cleanup crew? If it is a realistic number and i wanted to steer away from having a legion of hermit crabs routinely laying siege to all my snails, what would be a reasonable replacement in both numbers and species?
thanks!