Cleaning Crew Suggestion

[anentwich]

Hey Guys,

I have a 14 gallon biocube and have had some algae problems lately. My phosphates and nitrates are higher than I would like and are causing the problem. However I am wondering if my clean up crew is making it worse because there are simply too few inverts to clean up the stuff.

My CUC currently consists of:
1 mexican turbo
2 Nassarius snails
2 red-legged hermits
2 astrea snails

With my size of a reef tank, what would be your suggestion for a CUC? More? Less?

Any advice would be awesome.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Fluid]

In my 12 I have:

4 Nerite Snails
5 Nassarius Snails (+babies)
5 Scarlet Hermits
4 Blue Leg Hermits
2 Zebra Hermits

Yes, some may say I'm hermit-heavy, but I don't really care. I love them. This crew keeps stuff spotless. They destroy algae (plus my phosban).

 

[anentwich]

Thanks for the reply.

How much live rock do you have? I'm just curious because i only have about 5 lbs in my tank and I'm not sure if that's enough surface area to support that many inverts.

 

[Fluid]

Click on my little red house above my post to see my tank. If I had to guess, I probably have about 7lbs? Maybe 8? Everything seems to do fine without a bunch of rock, I mainly just provide empty shells for them to switch back and forth with. I will say one thing, my rock is spotless, they are pretty good at keeping stuff tidy.

 

[anentwich]

Your tank looks great. Thanks again for the advice.