Clean up crew

[CorbetJackson50]

just wondering if there is any kind of clean up crew you can have in a predator tank.
Fish i plan on stocking
morray of some type
black volitan
miniatus grouper
bursa trigger
clown trigger
dogface puffer
Emperor Angel
Harlequin tusk

My problem is the sand bed is getting dirty the trigger keeps little areas clean when he sifts through the sand but now i have clean craters of sand

 

[LisaD]

the only thing I can suggest is larger hermits. I have several in my 210, and they seem to be doing fine.

I like your list - but you may need to reconsider the lion with the triggers. I'd also worry about aggression in general from the clown trigger as it matures. How big will your tank be?

 

[CorbetJackson50]

tank is a 220g, i have had the bursa and lion and harleuin together for about a year now with now problems, are triggers known to pick on lions fins?

 

[LisaD]

triggers are a known risk with lions. yours may be fine long-term, or it may discover it likes to chew on the lion later. for a 220, I'd pass on the clown trigger. IMO, a high risk of trouble as it matures. the rest of your list looks fine, just keep an eye on the trigger with the lion (puffer too, though I think fewer people have reported problems with dogface puffers and lions).

 

[anbosu]

I have a few conchs that help keep my sand bed clean and stirred up. One is a decent sized queen conch and I can't remember what the other one is but it has an orange and white shell. I'm not sure if triggers would attack them but I have a wrasse in with mine and they have no issues.

 

[dave-ko]

Sand sifting star?

 

[Recty]

My triggers ate both of my sand sifting stars, they dug them up and chewed them up.

 

[CorbetJackson50]

yea stars and ftiggers not a good idea