clean up crew suggestions

[mikevet]

i have a 29 gal reef with about 70-80 pounds of carib rock. 1goby, 1 1.5inch clown and 1 kole tang, 1 turbo snail, 1 devils hand, 1 toad stool, 1 star burst. live sand with sea clone 100. running vho 4 bulb--1 blue actinic, 1 whit actinic, 2 50/50. photo period is 10 hours, 1 blue moon light for 4 hours at night.

i just rtecently upgraded to the 4 bulb vho from a 2 bulb 2 weeks ago. i now have the worst outbreak of hair and cyano. i also am now seeing those pretty little green pearls of bubble algea. i am being smart witht he 'pretty' comment.

i feed the fish every 2-3 weeks with frozen shrimp, about 1/4 cube. i use purple up every few water changes. i do a 20% r/o water change every 10 days. i empty the skimmer as needed.

my question is about clean up crews for current problem. i dont like my turbo very much because he is like a bulldozer knocking over my corals etc. i want things to clear the hair/bubble algae. i want have the sand sifted and keep the glass clean. please make suggestions on what i should put in the aquarium with number of each. also, please recommend good places to get this stuff on line.

mike

 

[Illuminati]

I have a 24 gallon Nano Cube and my list is:

5 Baha Hermits Crabs (Now down to 4)
3 Cernith Snails
2 Nassarius Snails

And this is how clean my tank is:

For yours I'd have:

3-4 Baha Hermits
2 Cernith (They do a fair job on the glass and are also sand sifters)
2 Nassarius for the sandbed
1 Emerald crab for the bubble & hair algae.

You can find these at www.premiumaquatics.com, I ordered these from them and they all arrived in perfect condition.

Good Luck

 

[hgbarwick]

Re: clean up crew suggestions

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7627131#post7627131 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by mikevet
i have a 29 gal reef with about 70-80 pounds of carib rock. 1goby, 1 1.5inch clown and 1 kole tang, 1 turbo snail, 1 devils hand, 1 toad stool, 1 star burst. live sand with sea clone 100. running vho 4 bulb--1 blue actinic, 1 whit actinic, 2 50/50. photo period is 10 hours, 1 blue moon light for 4 hours at night.

i just rtecently upgraded to the 4 bulb vho from a 2 bulb 2 weeks ago. i now have the worst outbreak of hair and cyano. i also am now seeing those pretty little green pearls of bubble algea. i am being smart witht he 'pretty' comment.

i feed the fish every 2-3 weeks with frozen shrimp, about 1/4 cube. i use purple up every few water changes. i do a 20% r/o water change every 10 days. i empty the skimmer as needed.

my question is about clean up crews for current problem. i dont like my turbo very much because he is like a bulldozer knocking over my corals etc. i want things to clear the hair/bubble algae. i want have the sand sifted and keep the glass clean. please make suggestions on what i should put in the aquarium with number of each. also, please recommend good places to get this stuff on line.

mike

I have the 12 gallon aqua pod

My clean up crew

Assorted snails
Pistol shrimp for the sand
Emrald Crab for the algea

You have a kole tang in your tank. A kole tang will grow way to big for a 29 gallon. Get that tang out of your tank as soon as possible.