Would this list of be ok?

[mids1999]

I am thinking about adding the following to my 75g reef.
Would this be a good addition?
Would you add/remove anything for clean up?

1x Fire Shrimp
1x Peppermint Shrimp - Group of 5
2x Nassarius Snail - Group of 10
2x Gold Coral Banded Shrimp
2x Cerith Snail - Group of 10

Currently in tank

Rock/sub
110lb live rock
4" arg sand bed

Fish
1x 1" Ocellaris Clownfish

Coral
3x watermellon mushrooms

Curr Parameters
Time up 3 mo.
pH 7.9 - 8.2
SG 1.026
Alk 8.9
Cal 420
Temp 78
Amm 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate less then 5 ppm
Silicate 0
Phos less then .05


Equipt
75g aga rr tank
css125 skimmer
pci cl280 chiller
wet/dry filter w/ 3L seachem matrix media
96w x4 pc light. Current USA
(2x 96w dual actinic & 2x 96w dual daylight)
2x mj1200 ph
800~gph return pump from wet/dry

 

[crzy4reefs]

1x Fire Shrimp - I've heard these like to be in pairs.

1x Peppermint Shrimp - Group of 5 - this sounds good

2x Nassarius Snail - Group of 10 - I would just do 1 group of 10

2x Gold Coral Banded Shrimp - wouldn't do these, they are known to hunt and kill small fish and will probably kill the other shrimp as well

2x Cerith Snail - Group of 10 - just do one group of 10.

 

[budjr8000]

1x Fire Shrimp - I agree 2 is better.

1x Peppermint Shrimp - Group of 5 - perfect.

2x Nassarius Snail - Group of 10 - the more the better the sand will look and it also depens on the size they are when you buy them.

2x Gold Coral Banded Shrimp - it mite be a littel small they dont get very big. i Would get a Coral Banded Shrimp they are biger and in that size tank you want some thing you are going to see. add him afte the other shrimp!!!!

2x Cerith Snail - Group of 10 - start with a few you can always add.

 

[mdisalvo55]

I wouldnt even do the coral banded, theyre supposed to be pretty mean/unsocial little guys. Might be asking for trouble with the other shrimp.

 

[mids1999]

Ok I think I will take a middle road.

How does this list of shrimp and snails look.

2x Fire Shrimp
5x Peppermint Shrimp
15x Nassarius Snails
10x Cerith Snails

Is there anything else that I should add to this cleanup crew?

 

[bertoni]

I wouldn't put more than 5-6 Nassarius vibex into the tank. They eat leftover food, and with peppermint shrimp, I wouldn't expect even 5-6 would necessarily do well. Of course, you could spot feed them, but they're not really cleanup crew then.

I'd probably add more herbivorous snails. Trochus would be a good choice, if you can find some.

The shrimp aren't really cleanup crew. They will eat leftover food, but there are already a lot of animals that'll do that. They are interesting, though.

 

[mids1999]

Wow a responce from a mod.
Thank you.

Is there a big difference between Nassarius Vibex Snail, Caribbean and Nassarius Snail, Eastern Pacific?

 

[bertoni]

It's hard to tell what the snails are. The Caribbean could be true Nassarius vibex. The Eastern Pacific might be Nassarius distortus. As far as I can tell, either should be fine, but vendors aren't always accurate in their labels.