need cuc advice

[runningrandy04]

Hey guys!!
I'm glad to report that I got a Blue Eyed Kole Tang. Unfortunately, I have never seen anything poop so much. It has chosen the right corner to leave heaping piles of poop in and I fear I may be coming into a detritus problem. What can I get that will take care of this? In my 75, I currently have:
-large cleaner shrimp
-large peppermint shrimp
-3 1.5inch turbo snails
-med emerald crab
-10 med crabs (scarlet red, blue legged, red legged)
-2 or 3 nassarius snails

 

[cgoodman381]

You could probably add a couple more snails. Probably about 3-5. Other then that, I think your OK. How much flow do you have in your tank? Sounds like not enouph.

 

[runningrandy04]

I have almost 40x flow, but the poop is so big that it doesn't get taken into the current until some crabs break it up. 3-5 more nassarius? I had like 10 in my 30gal before I switched over to the 75. They barely did anything to get rid of detritus. They just died off till there was only 4. I thought of trying a few of the super tongan nassarius, but haven't seen them in stores for months.

 

[cgoodman381]

probably about 5 of each the nass and the turbo would be my suggestion.

 

[runningrandy04]

I'll give the nass another try, but I think I'm gonna have to wait on the turbos. My tank has very little algae as it is. I have to feed the turbos a sheet of algae weekly. If I can get some super nass, how many would you say I should go with?

 

[cgoodman381]

seems your on right now anyways... wanna hop into chat? lol

Edit* hope I helped yah out! :)

 

[runningrandy04]

Ok....so I'm thinking I should add half a dozen nassarius snails, a brittle star, and maybe a tigertail cucumber. Does anyone have a tigertail, and how good of a job do they do? What do they need to survive?

 

[dustin_P74]

i would be careful with any cucumber because if it dies itll bury itself in the sand and youll never find it and youll have a bad nitrate problem

 

[runningrandy04]

i only have an inch of sand so he wont be able to bury himself that much

 

[Bifferwine]

Skip the sea cucumber and get a pair of starfish instead. Brittle stars or serpent stars. They are some of the best animals for cleaning up detritus like fish poop.

 

[runningrandy04]

should i go with 2 brittle stars since they are more detrius focused, or should i go for one of each

 

[dustin_P74]

2 brittle

 

[Bifferwine]

That's up to you. I like variety in my tank, and serpents and brittles play different roles, so I've always had both.

 

[runningrandy04]

I think i'll go with the 2 brittles since the detritus is the part of clean up that i'm really lacking on. Thanks for the help