CUC for 15 gallon

[bsap]

Hey all, have a 15 gallon Waterbox PM 15 with two clowns. What clean up crews do you recommend? I'm having some diatom on my sand so far but nothing else thankfully. But I am also curious to see what I'll need when the tank settles even more. TIA

 

[rmorris_14]

Hey all, have a 15 gallon Waterbox PM 15 with two clowns. What clean up crews do you recommend? I'm having some diatom on my sand so far but nothing else thankfully. But I am also curious to see what I'll need when the tank settles even more. TIA

Personally I like
nassarius snails
Mexican turbo snails
Cerith snails
Blue leg hermits
Scarlett Hermits

 

[rmorris_14]

This has a lot of helpful info
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/choosing-cleanup-crew-critters.258695/

 

[muzikalmatt]

I'm about to add some CUC to my 10 gallon build as I'm starting to get some diatoms as well. I'm probably going to start with a cerith and/or nerites snail for the diatoms and maybe one nassarius snail to take care of excess food.

You should definitely go slow in a smaller tank as you don't want to starve out the CUC. You might want to wait for the larger algae strains like GHA or turf algae to show up before adding larger snails or hermits. Otherwise they won't have much to eat.