Reef Cleaners

[maroonytunes]

Hi everyone, so I'm starting to decide what I want invert wise to keep the tank clean.

What does everyone have in their tanks, how many of what, and what would you recommend for a 24 gallon nano?

 

[oceanparadise1]

A cleaner shrimp!!!! i think they are a must in any tank!

 

[racermike27]

I have blue leg hermits, 1 or 2 emerald crabs, 2 skunk cleaners, and various types of snails. I keep more snails as they do not pick at the corals if they get overly hungry LOL. I also have a sand shifter start to keep the sand clean, as well as, a fighing conch.

They do a pretty good job overall. My tangs pick up any algae the crabs or snails miss.

 

[oceanparadise1]

i have to say when i do my tank transfer im getting rid of my blue and red legs as they eat my snails LOL and i have to say a star fish will do what they will and not eat my snails that cost me an arm and leg thats JMO

 

[dan10342]

my cleanup crew consists of 2 trochus snails, a yellow tang, a few blue legged hermits, and a queen conch.

 

[robharold]

Well, I don't know what all you want but I bet you can get REALLY good prices at www.underwateroutlet.com.

 

[ahayes13]

well we have a 90 and our clean up crew consists of...

mated pair of coral banded shrimp (which apparently some people dont trust but so far they have been fine)
4 peppermint shrimp
4-6 blue legged crabs
5 snails

 

[oceanparadise1]

wow heres my list for my 55 lol i have a HUGE clean up crew

1 coral banded
1 cleaner shrimp
5 emerald crabs
20 red legs
30 blue legs
10 turbos
10 black turbos
1 queen conch
10 nass snails
2 cleaner clams
2 brittle star fish

 

[ahayes13]

oh i also have serpent star fish. however i think quite a few but you never seen any of them. they are also inside the rocks and you see their legs sticking out like little strings.

 

[paintballer768]

My 24 gallon has the following CUC:
3 "red tooth snails" (sold to me like this, never found a true ID)
5 nass snails
3 hermits
1 Skunk Cleaner
Tons of amphipods and brittlestars

The snails dont bother the corals and do a fine job. The snails take care of everything else, along with my pods and white stars. The cleaner shrimp is hard to keep from stealing food from corals in the tank as soon as I take my hand out of it.

 

[Nate82]

stick away from hermits they'll eat the snails but get a mix of all the snails because they all have little quirks that do little things

 

[dan10342]

get some empty shells for the hermits. im sure the only reason they are killing your snails, or for the shell