Clean Up Crew
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Reefman29
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So after your cycle is all done add maybe 10 hermits and 5-10 snail- cerith are a good choice. Astrea snails tend to get stuck upside down and margerite snails are cold water and die in warm water. Anyway, feed them a small amount of food once or twice a week and see how that goes then start to add fish slowly from there.
hotelbravo
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i only have about 5-10 hermits in my 90 gallon they have been doing a great job by themselves. as for snails i have throchus snails i started with only 10 in my 90 and they have bred some and i grew out the babies in my sump and have about 20 more tiny ones.
a tank really doesnt need as much as that site recommends but they have to sell you something. ive seen alot of people on here recommend looking at the list of clean up crew that that website recommends you use for a tank HALF of yours.
a tank really doesnt need as much as that site recommends but they have to sell you something. ive seen alot of people on here recommend looking at the list of clean up crew that that website recommends you use for a tank HALF of yours.
hotelbravo
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hermits will kill snails for their shells but they will also kill them just for a meal.
jraker
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guys, BRS just came out with an absolutely amazing video on CUC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjXHq6oie6s
cloak
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For that size tank, 3 or 4 Banded Trochus snails and a couple scarlet hermit crabs should be plenty IMO.
FWIW, I only have one Trochus snail in my 20 gallon tank an it's damn near spotless. I don't mind cleaning the glass on occasion, stirring up the sand bed etc. This combined with great water quality and you shouldn't need a CUC at all. GL.
FWIW, I only have one Trochus snail in my 20 gallon tank an it's damn near spotless. I don't mind cleaning the glass on occasion, stirring up the sand bed etc. This combined with great water quality and you shouldn't need a CUC at all. GL.
