Best clean up crew..

[markandkristen]

i have about 100 turbo snails..

its a 220 gallon with around 200 lbs of live rock
running 4 tunzee streams on a multi controller

running bare bottom ..

looking at getting 300 blue legged hermits and 300 more turbo snails?

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[Runfrumu]

people will advise against the hermits since they will kill snails and take their shells, I've had 3 do it, and one take a shell of snail that had already died.

I think 400 turbos in a 220 would be way too many.

[ARIANNA]

Get some ceriths, they seem to last longer for me and when they fall upside down they right themselves. ceriths ceriths ceriths
:strooper:

[BigRedSpecial]

If you have a 220 that's producing enough algae to keep 400 turbos alive, you've got serious nutrient problems!

[Reeftanks6]

Get about 50 ceriths and 50 turbos. I think this will be good. Dont get the hermits because they have killed a lot of my snails in my old tank was not very happy about that one.

[lowendmelody]

I've heard that if you have some of the larger turbos that 1 or 2 for every 10 lbs of rock is a good ratio, some of the larger snails ( I have five jumbos) will really mow down some algae in even one day, and they need to eat. So I would think even 100 might be too many. Just my opinion.

I would love to have a 220g barebottom........... soon enough my friends

[markandkristen]

thanks for the input

[markandkristen]

does the blue hermits eat the detritus better than snails?

[Phillstone]

Hermits are opportunist eaters aka reef goats. Some people have no issues w/ them but a gen rule of thumb is no crabs or shrimp in tanks besides FO.

They just can't be trusted!

[ManotheSea]

Try Brown Algae Hermits, Nassarius snails, Limpets and serpent stars. This is a ka** combo for clean up.

[Ah-lim]

2 x turbo, 1 x sally lightfoot and 2 x green brittle star for my 82 gallon.

[Reeftanks6]

you could try some emerald crabs they really destroy algae.

[markandkristen]

when i blow off my rocks i have that string detritus so to speak its not hair algae..

how often do you guys blow off your rocks.

my tank was transferred from a 150 about 2 months ago.. is this just part of the phase ?

[markandkristen]

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