French Angel/ Clean-up

[joking103]

Hi all,

Hope you can help.. Need someone to help clean the tank. I am concerned the fish will pick at whatever I put in.

My fish:

French Angel med/large
Bi-color Angel (Dwarf)
Hippo Tang
Yellow eye cole tang
Valentini puffer (Dwarf)
Tomato clown
1 Wrasse

 

[joking103]

Alright maybe need to clarify, clean up crew, not sure a starfish would be safe....
Any Ideas???

 

[capt. insano]

red starry hermit crabs
LMB
big mexican turbo snails

 

[joking103]

Thanks!

What is LMB?

Turbo snails do they live a while? I got some regular ones they don't last very long at all..

 

[joking103]

Oh and do you think a star fish would be fish food with this group, if not which one?

 

[capt. insano]

I have had my turbo snails for 2 years and they are larger than golf balls now.

LMB = lawn mower blenny

you might be able to get away with a sand sifting starfish, but the wrasse, angel, and puffer might pick at it

 

[TAZ316]

The puffer will definantly make a meal out of the starfish.
Your best bet would be a LMB.
James.:bounce1:

 

[johno4]

For cleaning the glass turbo snails work great and can adapt to coming out only at night so they dont get picked on. At least mine did.

For the sand I agree with Capt. Insano in that a starry hermit would work best. Unless you can find a larger LMB it will get pick at. Mine was torn to peices.

 

[joking103]

Nice advice! Thanks a bunch you guys!

 

[joking103]

One more question?? Please. I am having trouble with the Starry Hermit. I am not finding that, does it have a more common name or are they just difficult to get?

 

[johno4]

I believe this is it.

http://liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=617

hope that helps

 

[joking103]

I read the crab may or may not eat my sleeping fish. I had an awful vision of my tomato clown sleeping on the bottom (always) like a baby and then being gobbled down by the crab

Is it very likely for this to happen?