Safe Clean UP CREW?

[gnorts]

Hey I have posted in other threads and never seem to get an answer im looking for so I Figure i should make my own. I have a 55 gallon with a snow flake eel bursa trigger and two clowns. It is a fish only with live rock set up and im looking for some things to help keep the sand clean and rocks. From what i have learned is that an eel or trigger will eat crabs and invertbrae that I will put in there.

Is this only if I don't keep them well fed?

Is there starfish or snails or crabs that can go in that wont get eating ? Is there something that is really cheap that i can just continually stock and wouldnt mind if he ate them?

Thanks for help

[gnorts]

Can someone please post any information ive gotten alot of lookers and still no answers :(

[matthewscars]

Trigger and an eel with clowns? they better be BIG clowns man.

I'd try some bigger sized turbo snails. They do a hell of a job. It's tough because those fish are very aggressive.

A long black spine urchin will do the trick. NOTHING will go near that thing.

Maybe a chocolate star?

[jenglish]

+1 on urchin. But I will say I know or urchins getting eaten too. There are no guarantees in that setup. Turbos may survive if everything is well fed.

[gnorts]

not possible to put a skunk cleaner in there is it?

[matthewscars]

Eel would own it before the Trigger got it. That's the problem with agressive FO tanks. It really limits your choices.

But a long spine urchin, 4 turbos would do a good job in a 55. You could try Nasarius snails and other cheap inverts to see what works. All fish behave differently

[L98-Z]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13881017#post13881017 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by gnorts
not possible to put a skunk cleaner in there is it?

No. I doubt any shrimp will survive those fish.

[gnorts]

hmm.. I love the predator fish but this is makeing it that much more difficult haha any other ideas out there would help me. I just really want something that is going to help eat accessive food that falls to the bottom and help turn up the sand. Is there a fish that can maybe go in there and do that and be safe?

[matthewscars]

um... MAYBE a bigger diamond goby. Thats a stretch but, just throwing it out there.

Get a panther grouper. i always wanted one :)

[gnorts]

ha not a big enough aquarium and what would a panther grouper do for me

[gnorts]

i like the diamond watchman goby if big enough you think he would be safe ? My snowflake eel is like 8 inchs and my bursa trigger now is only 1.5" maybe he small