cleanup crew

A clean fish tank is a very satisfying sight and keeping it this way takes a multi-pronged approach. You need to keep up on the water changes and filter maintenance and physical cleaning is a job you can't neglect either. Luckily, there is a wide variety of critters who can help with this last...

Hey all, My tank is really starting to grow diatoms, at least i think that’s what they are. Besides Turing my light off I am thinking of getting a cleaning crew but I have no real clue where to start. I’ve seen packages online but I’m unsure what can even be mixed together, water params, what...

When it comes to choosing your cleanup crew, there are lots of options. A well-rounded group should include a variety of different inverts, and perhaps a job specific fish or two. When it actually comes down to choosing these critters, the internet can give you a lot of variable opinions on...

Day 18 (and Day 5 of AI Grow Blades). What's this green stuff? Diatoms or else? Current inhabitants: 1 Sapphire Damsel and 1 Coral Beauty Angelfish — both from Biota. Very peraceful, don't interact with each other at all. I also purchased 2 Fancy Peppermint shrimps from Biota but I am not able...

Have a 16 gallon that just finished its cycle. Dry rock and live sand with no algae. Wondering what to add first. Would adding my clean up crew (nassarius snails and hermits) be okay without the presence of algae? Or should I add one of my fish (shrimp goby or tailspot blenny). Also, if I added...

Hi all, Looking to add a fighting conch or two to the CUC in my 16 gallon biocube! Willing to pay for shipping if the price is and/or local meet up in the Westchester, NY /Southern CT area. Please let me know if anyone has any available Thanks in advance!

I brought in a cleaner crew refresh from Reef Cleaners and they are helping me get this algae under control. Corals are looking nice and fluffy. Just trying to get things back in balance after overfeeding the tank the last month dealing with damsels. I caught 3 of the 6 using the fish trap...

Recently got a new 15 gallon tank and just tested after adding zoas and a gsp frag. Noticed they weren’t doing well compared to my 13.5 tank. These are the results. Need help in trying to figure out a solution. Doing a water change now hoping it’ll help. Tank has a filter sock and filter floss...

Hi Everyone! I am an experienced spearfisherman and I dive for scallops in Long Island NY. While doing so, I scour the bottom, and find inverts that aren’t common in the hobby, but handle temps in the 70s no problem. Moreover, they offer uniqueness to any tank! These inverts are great...

Sorry for the bad pictures. It’s i. My fluval 13.5 and I didn’t scrape off the back side of it. You can kind of see it but they look like white webs all over the chamber in the back. Looks as if they’re keeping the chamber clean of detritus in the first one but the second chamber is a little...

Hello, I’ve had my tank up and running since the end of August. Around October I started seeing what I thought was diatoms. They started slow then exploded and covered my rocks and sand. The trochus snails are eating it which is making me believe it’s diatoms but at this point I would think they...

So I went and stayed at my moms house on the intercoastal on FL’s east coast, brought some size 16 hooks to see if I could catch a new pet for this 75g reef I was gifted, and currently rebuilding. Among the handful of wild fish I brought home was this 4.5” pigfish. He was a little bigger than...

I have the Fluval 32.5, but I don’t know what a good clean up crew is. I was thinking of multiple different types of snails, but with snails comes snail eggs. What is a great cleanup crew for my nano tank? Possible tank mates: Clownfish (2x) Flame Angel (1x) Six Line Wrasse (1x) Tailspot Blenny...

Hello all, I recently was out of town for roughly a week and a half, and I had my 75gallon tank mostly automated, but just needed a friend to help me out by changing out filter floss and feeding my herbivores. Long story short, I came back to a tank full of algae. Turns out he didn't change...

Hi everyone I started off in December 2020 with a 13.5 gallon reef tank I have just upgraded to 125 gallon reef tank and was wondering what’s a good number of hermit crabs to have I’ve had people tell me that I should have one per 10 gallons I’ve had people tell me that I should have one per...

I have been told so many different numbers what’s everyone think is a correct number of hermit crabs for a 125 gallon reef tank one number i was told is 1 per gallon of water including sump water

Well, dinos. Specifically prorocentrum I’ve been dosing phosphate, H202, silicate, blackouts, manual removal through a filter sock, and feeding more. Also added phyto. I’m not seeing nearly the same numbers as I used to, and I’m getting some good GFA and diatom growth, along with a flowing...

Question about stocking my 32 gallon Biocube. Planning on having easy corals like zoas, polyps, xenia, etc) Thinking about the following fish: -1 pink-streaked wrasse -1 royal gramma basslet -1 electric indigo dottyback -Pair of bonded clownfish -1 diamond watchman goby (part of CUC?) CUC...

Sad day, today. I was cleaning my tank and apparently, I cant see because I killed my masked goby. Was wondering why my snails came out from the sand and when I looked around. Crab already chomping away at the goby. I cried. Worst of all had the fish for about 24hrs. Can't find my Rainford goby...

Wondering if my cleanup crew is sufficient for a 120 gal. If not what what should I add???

hey guys, setting up a 32g biocube this week and looking into future cleanup crews now current residence that will be entering the tank is 2 clowns, pistol shrimp/watchamam goby, scooter benny possible others. emerald crab, few hermits few snails was debating on buying this kit off aqua...

Longtime lurker here, I'm setting up my newest nano reef tank, which I bought through petco because they were the cheapest re-seller. They ended up giving me 25$ in store credit, but in general I try to avoid purchasing any livestock from them as they don't take particularly good care of their...

Just thought I would share pics (sorry they're cell pics) of the abalone I got on Live Aquaria. He was huge at least 3+ inches. He is part of the cleanup crew in new setup. As you can see plenty of algae for him to eat. I had also put some nori in there for them but no one has touched it...