Cleaner Crew Questions

chrissymoon · Nov 14, 2021

What recommendations do you have for a cleaner crew for a 125g tank? Also, do they need to be quarantined before placing them in the tank like the fish? Thanks!

JumboShrimp · Nov 15, 2021

Technically speaking, with the animals (such as snails), come their water. So if you have valuable fish and are adding a large CUC, you might in fact want to quarantine. Just my 2-cents, of course.

davidcalgary29 · Nov 15, 2021

Except for urchins! That's just one of the many reasons that they're so awesome.

Schraufabagel · Nov 15, 2021

Peppermint shrimp, astreas snails, turbo/trochus snails, nassarius snails, cerith snails, fighting conch, and some dwarf hermit crabs would be a good mix

JumboShrimp · Nov 15, 2021

A couple of Florida Fighting Conchs would be amazing. (I can’t keep them in my FOWLRs— predator fish.)

Jmcg89 · Nov 15, 2021

Yes quarentine! Ich and velvet encrusted stage can live on their shells. I do 45 days, I just have a 20 long I keep running with no fish.

chrissymoon · Nov 15, 2021

Schraufabagel said:
Peppermint shrimp, astreas snails, turbo/trochus snails, nassarius snails, cerith snails, fighting conch, and some dwarf hermit crabs would be a good mix

Do you know where is usually the best place to purchase them? A local fish store? A website?

chrissymoon · Nov 15, 2021

Jmcg89 said:
Yes quarentine! Ich and velvet encrusted stage can live on their shells. I do 45 days, I just have a 20 long I keep running with no fish.

Do you use the 20 long for fish quarantine as well? What chemicals do I treat them with? Also, how did you set up the quarantine tank?

sorry! I’m super new to this… we got a 2 year old established tank and I haven’t added anything to it yet aside from the fish and few hermit crabs it came with. I’m looking to add a clean up crew before I put more fish.

davidcalgary29 · Nov 15, 2021

chrissymoon said:
Do you know where is usually the best place to purchase them? A local fish store? A website?

Fellow enthusiasts, especially those who really do know what an actual peppermint shrimp is (most fish stores do not) and can provide you with inverts from disease-free tanks.

Jmcg89 · Nov 15, 2021

chrissymoon said:
Do you use the 20 long for fish quarantine as well? What chemicals do I treat them with? Also, how did you set up the quarantine tank?

sorry! I’m super new to this… we got a 2 year old established tank and I haven’t added anything to it yet aside from the fish and few hermit crabs it came with. I’m looking to add a clean up crew before I put more fish.

Nope I keep a fish free tank for corals and inverts with no chemicals, just 45 days of fishless time. I set it up with water and a few rocks from my display tank so it was cycled and just run a heater,light and a small powerhead on it.

For my Fish QT I use another 2 tanks and do whats called tank transfer Method or TTM and 2 doses of prazipro during that time.

There are many different ways to do QT and a lot of info out there!

Search HumbleFish on here and his site for some great info on QT time and treatments.