Cleaning crews

[stephen1_fergus]

I am starting up my 50-gallon reef tank and will be getting a percula clown, firefish, and a yellow goby and a red one of the same type. What type of cleaning crew tank mates would anyone suggest.

 

[bertoni]

I'd probably start with a few Trochus or cerith snails, and add more animals on an as-needed basis. Is there a sandbed to keep clean?

 

[stephen1_fergus]

If you mean my argonite substrate then yes. I was looking for something to keep the substrate churned so it wouldn't develop that brown coat after a while from just sitting there.

 

[drummereef]

I like nassarius, cerith, astrea, and turbo snails. Only a few of each and add as the tank demands.

 

[kkyyllee]

hermits

 

[stephen1_fergus]

Thanks!

 

[bertoni]

For the substrate, a sand-sifting sea cucumber or the cerith snails might be enough. I avoid crabs and hermit crabs because they are predatory.