New tank cleaners
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If you don't have any corals in the tank I would lower your lights to help keep the ugly algae stage at a minimum while the tank matures and balances.
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I would get some copepods for sure! Then if you go to Reef Cleaners.com, don’t just pick a package, but look at the individual tank cleaners, they will give you a good description of what eat is good for in a tank. I would start with cerith snails, nassarius snails, nerite snails, and blue legged hermit crabs.So Ive had my tabk for around 2 months with my live stock, only have 2 clowns, 1 gamma, and 1 cleaner shrimp. My tank is looking dirty due to the detritus thats been there for 3 weeks. What addition should I add to clean my tank further?
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I think you aren't getting great advice. You do NOT need a ton of snails and hermits of every type to just keep a nano clean. A CUC will NOT make those uglies go away. I don't like reef cleaners because their packages are way way too large.
If I were you, I'd add:
One Nassarius
two astrea
Lots of corals!
corals will help take up the real estate that algae can't. Let your corals start growing with your excess nutrients instead of algae.
If I were you, I'd add:
One Nassarius
two astrea
Lots of corals!
corals will help take up the real estate that algae can't. Let your corals start growing with your excess nutrients instead of algae.
