Your Clean-Up Crew?

[huskysglare1]

Is this enough clean-up crew for 175g. Do i need anymore of anything?


30 Nassarius Vibex
40 Dwarf Cerith
50 Florida Cerith
27 Nerite Snails

[GuppyGuy]

if you wanted to ask some experts, you can submit your tank specs at reefcleaners.org and they email you a customized CUC for you. they are reliable and also have cheap prices if you find that you need to add some snails

[snulma1]

Thats a lot of snails, but how about any hermits? Some Blue legged and scarlets will help

[chathomas]

reefcleaners.org set me up for cheap. I only have a 90 gal and have triple the amount of ceriths than you. I also have 20 blue leg hermits. other than that I think everything else is good. The guy at reefcleaners.org is very inexpensive and helpful

[nanojg]

I also recomend reefcleaners.org

[chimmike]

I recommend trochus. You won't have to flip 'em over if they land on their shell.
I like the ceriths but they move SLOWLY.

I also recommend some bumblebee snails. Small so they get into the crevices in the rocks your other guys won't get into.

[huskysglare1]

i bought those at reefcleaners.org. However, they don't ship hermit via priority. They only ship via express, whic cost $28 bucks. The list i have only cost me 50 bucks and free shipping. I have to order up to 175 for free express, which is way too many.

Will the cerith do the job just as good as the Hermit crabs?

The cerith can right themselves if they fall right?

Also, i don't see any trochus or bubblebee on their site.

[chimmike]

hermits eat things that some snails don't eat, like poo.

[huskysglare1]

but the cerith do eat detritus... right?

[jeff@zina.com]

Hermits and snails serve different functions, and you should have both. You can usually pick up hermits at your LFS.

Jeff

[abezr]

thats a lot of snails lol.. I have 190 gal with 200 lbs lr and ive got 30 trochus snails (amazing guys, very efficient, quick and they clean my substrate rocks and glass no prob..) and 30 reef hermits.