Hello all
I'm not necessarily "new" to the hobby -- does anyone really not have a TON they can still learn? -- but I am in the beginning stages of a 65 gallon reef tank when I'm accustomed to 30 gallons or less.
My question here is what does everyone's clean up crews consist of? There are two LFS stores in my area that offer cuc "packages" that are about $150 for my size tank (again 65 gallons, reef) and for me that seems relatively expensive and mores excessive. One LFS suggested roughly 90 critters split between hermits, snails, a few emerald crabs, sand sifting star, shrimp (plural), and an urchin.
Any input? In my last 30g I have 2 turbos, about 4-5 other snails, 4-ish hermits and an emerald crab, so doubling the tank size but x6 or x7 on the cuc seems a bit much
I'm not necessarily "new" to the hobby -- does anyone really not have a TON they can still learn? -- but I am in the beginning stages of a 65 gallon reef tank when I'm accustomed to 30 gallons or less.
My question here is what does everyone's clean up crews consist of? There are two LFS stores in my area that offer cuc "packages" that are about $150 for my size tank (again 65 gallons, reef) and for me that seems relatively expensive and mores excessive. One LFS suggested roughly 90 critters split between hermits, snails, a few emerald crabs, sand sifting star, shrimp (plural), and an urchin.
Any input? In my last 30g I have 2 turbos, about 4-5 other snails, 4-ish hermits and an emerald crab, so doubling the tank size but x6 or x7 on the cuc seems a bit much