Clean up crew

[gibson981]

I want to get a good clean up crew. I need some thing that will stir the sand, and clean the sand, rock, and glass. Snails, crabs, cucumbers, stars, etc. A good mix that is good for the money and reef safe. I have an emerald crab, a handful of scarlet reef crabs, and a few trochus snails. I just don't think I have enough for a 90 gallon tank. I am constantly getting slightly brownish areas on the sand and rock. I feed the fish very sparingly. I tested for nitrates, nitrites, ammonia, phosphates, and they were all zero. PH was 8.4. Temp was 79.6 at the time of the test. What do you guys recommend? I can do a local pickup of anything I buy from you guys. I am only 20 minutes from you guys.

 

[jasonfrey]

HI,

You might want to get a hand ful of nass. snails. They dig throught he sand, help keep it turned over and they eat left over fish food. So they stir the sand and take care of scraps.

If your rock and glass are still getting some algae, you might get a few more trochus, or maybe some Cerith snails, they work good on rock, sand and glass, nice overall good working small snail. Trochus are probably the best for larger algae removal.