Cleanup crew

[BeanAnimal]

Okay - had dozens and dozens of snails over the years. Never really had an algae issue.

5+ years of no maintenance and I have an algae issue… or so I thought.

I purchased 10 turbos and 10 Astreas, along with a tuxedo from @Dr. Reef

20+ years in reefing and honestly have never seen anything like it! you can see them cleaning entire rocks like something out of a cartoon.

 

[kharmaguru]

I have all the above plus a few ceriths and a money cowrie (which is so nocturnal I hardly ever see it). I had a black stomatella hitchhiker that was a great contributer for about a year but he decided to investigate the prop of my nero 3 and is now bristleworm food.

 

[BeanAnimal]

I have always had snails, I guess I just never noticed them really making a difference, as they always must have been ahead of the game or something. Watching them turn boulders from green to white in somewhat real time is stunning.

 

[Sugar Magnolia]

Before and after pics would be great!!

 

[BeanAnimal]

They climbed into that rock this morning - right side has been cleaned, working toward the left. It is insane how much 5 or 6 of them have eaten.

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That is a fairly large rock - easily 12" - 14" wide and as tall.

 

[BeanAnimal]