Clean Up Crew!

[SaltwaterJunky2]

Hello I am trying to put together a clean up crew in my 90 gallon 2 month old reef tank. So far I have
14 Blue legged Hermit Crabs
4 Scarlet Hermit Crabs
2 Skunk Cleaner
1 Blood Fire Shrimp
2 Emerald Crabs
4 Snails

I prefer no peppermint shrimp and no more emerald crabs had problems with them picking on my corals! And would also like to know how many serpent stars could my tank hold (planning on 3) and which is safer a serpent or brittle star? Thank you.

 

[Betta132]

No emeralds, those are opportunistic and may kill small/weak fish.
What kind of snails? You need a few nassarius to stir the sand up, and you'll need a few algae-eaters. Perhaps a tuxedo urchin for an algae eater, if you don't have any tiny things that the urchin will pick up and displace.

 

[SaltwaterJunky2]

I have a Starry Blenny and a Diamond Watchman Goby as well.

 

[Guygettnby]

I have 2 serpent and 1 brittle in my 72g bow. Great additions and as for keeping my sand clean, I have 2 cucumbers that do a bang up job.

You need some snails on that list IMHO. Nothing beats a few hungry turbo snails lol

 

[lifeoffaith]

I was going to say the same thing about your snails. I would put a few Nassarius, and at least as many Trochus/Turbo/Cerith snails mixed as you have hermits. Keep in mind that the hermits will eventually get some of the snails, but those snails (my experience is with the Trochus and Cerith but I don't have Turbos because they'll eat my decorative macroalgea) are better at righting themselves if they fall over, and have so far fared well with quite a few hermits in the tank.