Refugium Clean Up Crew?

[Sheldon337]

What clean up crew would you recommend for a 15g refugium?

 

[supaboy1981]

Peppermints, hermits, Cerith snails and maybe a feather duster.

Also any unwanted crabs you may find in your LR. I have heard that if done right aptasia are great for helping clean the water

 

[otterpop510]

hmmm... don't have much in my fuge 'standard cleaner'-wise like i do for my main tank. for me its dangerous to have alot of snails, especially bigger ones as they may clog up a smaller pump depending on how your fuge is setup.

most fuges i see are just live sand and/or small pile of live rock rubble and some macro (cheato seems preferred, though calupera, etc. works but danger of going sexual) and/or a xenia fuge. not much in terms of 'standard' cleaners (crabs, snails, etc.).. let the micro critters do their thing..

 

[Pico1]

micro brittle stars and bristle worms work well

 

[TNTREEF]

I would'nt put any cleaners in there. Just let the worms and other small critters thrive. hermit crabs eat any thing. Just let it be a fuge. They don't need cleaning. They're suppose to grow everything.

 

[Sheldon337]

Ok. What about a few nassarious to mix up the sand?

 

[TNTREEF]

the worms and other stuff do that.