Custom Clean Up Crews?
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urville
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Also... are these clean up crews overstated? These numbers seem high. Thats a big biolod all at once...
I mean reccomendations on 75 gallon at one site are:
20 Nassarius Snails
15 Nerite Snails
15 Cerith Snails
20 Dwarf White Leg Hermits
15 Blue Leg Hermits
2 Scarlet Reef Hermits
1 Green Emerald Crab
1 Serpent or Brittle Starfish
When it's time I was thinking
4 nassarius
4 nerite
4 ceriths
2 turbos
2 trochus
5 hermits mixed
1 sand sift star
1 Porcelin anenome crab
later down the road an urchin
whats the verdict on things like pod kits at oceanpods? for my refugium at least..
I mean reccomendations on 75 gallon at one site are:
20 Nassarius Snails
15 Nerite Snails
15 Cerith Snails
20 Dwarf White Leg Hermits
15 Blue Leg Hermits
2 Scarlet Reef Hermits
1 Green Emerald Crab
1 Serpent or Brittle Starfish
When it's time I was thinking
4 nassarius
4 nerite
4 ceriths
2 turbos
2 trochus
5 hermits mixed
1 sand sift star
1 Porcelin anenome crab
later down the road an urchin
whats the verdict on things like pod kits at oceanpods? for my refugium at least..
Harlikwin2000
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I know at premium aquatics you can order inverts individually. I would suggest not mixing hermits as it can lead to missing hermits. I personally like the redlegs, they aren't much to look at but they really do a good job cleaning algae from rocks. I have about 50 or so in my 75 and you can see them crowding rocks with any algae and picking them dry. I have had nerites, turbos, nassarius, etc. I would probably start with around 20 or so algae eating snails to see how fast they go through the algae you have and add more if they are unable to keep up with it, too many times a large amount of these guys are added and they starve once their food supply is used up. Nassarius are good for stirring your sand bed, I might add about 10-20 or so of these guys. The sand star somewhat serves the same purpose, but I'm weary of stars as they can eat things you don't want them too. And the anemone crab is fun to watch, but is a filter feeder, therefore he would be much more of an aesthetic addition than a cleaner addition. Pods are always beneficial so I'd definately suggest getting a good population of those going in your fuge. Hope this helps.
