Cleanup Crew Pricing... geeze

[zagviper71]

So looking around to get full cleanup crew.. most of these prices are whacked... $409 for a 180-200g cleanup crew??? Checked out 3 major online sites.. prices seem a bit over the top or in my 3 year absence have prices gone up that much?

 

[MaddyP]

John over at Reef Cleaners is generally pretty reasonable! I've been ordering rock and clean up crews from him for years.

 

[recess62]

There is nothing cheep in his hobby. What I did was start out with a smaller cuc. As the tank matured I added more to handle the increased bioload

 

[Lionfish Lair]

A lot of the time those packages are selling you way too many critters.

 

[JaimeAdams]

I bought my 400 snail and 100 hermits for like $120 shipped to my door off of E-Bay.

 

[Fish Werx]

I've seen some CUC packages that were crazy priced as well! No doubt.
But a lot of those CUC packages like that can have very high end, unneeded components. I even saw one with an electric flame scallop because they "filter the water"... Technically, sure......
But really, when I think CUC I am more about snails for different levels and surfaces and maybe a few hermits or emeralds for on the rocks.... Just depends on what you want to spend I suppose?

+1 for the guys at Reef Cleaners! Great prices and great customer service in my experience!

 

[Fish Werx]

I bought my 400 snail and 100 hermits for like $120 shipped to my door off of E-Bay.

What kind of hermits and snails did you get at that price?!?! That is a crazy awesome deal. Potentially.

 

[zagviper71]

I was just saying how prices have increased over last 3 years of beening out out of the hobby.

 

[JaimeAdams]

What kind of hermits and snails did you get at that price?!?! That is a crazy awesome deal. Potentially.

Astrea, Cerith and blue legs

 

[zagviper71]

John over at Reef Cleaners is generally pretty reasonable! I've been ordering rock and clean up crews from him for years.

Yeah just put a reasonable CUC order shopping cart together:

Shopping Cart
60 x Florida Cerith
30 x Nassarius Vibex
48 x Nerite Snail
100 x Dwarf Cerith
40 x Blue Leg Hermit Crab*
1 x Florida Fighting Conch*

For under $150 with over night shipping.. all ready have 5 big turbo snails and a sand shifting star fish.

 

[BIGGUN]

Jerry at Great Erie Reef/soon to be Coral Cave in mercer has some decent prices at times. Worth a look at least.

 

[zagviper71]

Jerry at Great Erie Reef/soon to be Coral Cave in mercer has some decent prices at times. Worth a look at least.

Didnt they run slippery rock coral?

 

[BIGGUN]

Before Rob. a while ago.