What's in your clean up crew?

[Daniel@R2R Verified Admin]

Let's have some fun! Tell us about your clean up crew.

Be sure to include:
1) Your tank size
2) A list of your clean up crew
3) Which one is your favorite member

Also, feel free to include any other info (i.e. what would you like to add to your crew, etc.) and as always pictures are appreciated!

 

[Paul B]

Manatees. I think it's 2" of manatee for every five gallons of water.

 

[choff]

Manatees. I think it's 2" of manatee for every five gallons of water.

For those of you who may not have tried these before, be aware they are very sensitive creatures. My dad once referred to mine as a sea cow, which Im sure all of you know is no longer an acceptable term these days, didn't eat for almost 3 hours. I felt so bad for her.

 

[Daniel@R2R Verified Admin]

Manatees. I think it's 2" of manatee for every five gallons of water.

For those of you who may not have tried these before, be aware they are very sensitive creatures. My dad once referred to mine as a sea cow, which Im sure all of you know is no longer an acceptable term these days, didn't eat for almost 3 hours. I felt so bad for her.

Bwahahahaha!!!! This. Is. Awesome!

 

[twilliard]

46g bow front
6 large turbo snails
10 hermits
2 Sally Lightfoot crabs

Uhhg lights are off for a picture I will get one taken soon

 

[Paul B]

They are available but it is difficult to dispose of the plastic bag they come in.

 

[Daniel@R2R Verified Admin]

46g bow front
6 large turbo snails
10 hermits
2 Sally Lightfoot crabs

Uhhg lights are off for a picture I will get one taken soon

Thanks Todd! What would you say is your favorite CUC member? Or do you have a favorite?

 

[twilliard]

Thanks Todd! What would you say is your favorite CUC member? Or do you have a favorite?

It's my Sally's
Have been one of my most loved additions for many years.
Females are the best at getting into the small crevices of the rocks as males hands are a lot bigger

 

[kschweer]

In my 57 I have a mix of turbos, nerite, dwarf cerith, trochus, nassarius and astrea snails. I also have a handful of scarlet hermit crabs and a fighting Conch. My favorite would be the conch.

 

[143MPCo]

Paul, you forgot about these little guys....

 

[Paul B]

I didn't forget about them. I "accidently" ate them.

 

[Kungpaoshizi]

~30g
8 sexy shrimp
10-15 hermits(I swear they breed)
15-20 stomatellas
2 fighting conchs
6-7 tunicates
14 black sun corals
orange gorgonian
3-4 sponges
a bazillion pods
2 twin spot gobies

I mention the tunicates/bsc's/gorg/sponges because they clean up the water better than mechanical filtration ime. Otherwise it's a tough call between the nps and the sexy shrimp. The ss's clean every single coral.

I only feed planktonic foods, between RE A&B 24 times a day and 4-6 times a day with powdered stuff, so the filter feeders are pretty much a tie to the ss's.
(I only have a tunze 9001 in planktonic mode; not much particulate removal; surface of the water is dirty as heck to the point ss's turn upside down and pick particulates off the surface of the water)

 

[Pdandy]

265 gallon tank

50 - blue and red legged hermits
3 - emerald crabs
~100 cerith snails
~50 nerite snails
~20 Trochus snails
1 - coral banded shrimp
1 - orange spot diamond goby

Coral banded shrimp is probably my favorite.

 

[Humblefish]

I'm a big fan of Super Tongan Nassarius Snails (Nassarius distortus). Beautiful snail, but you will most likely only see them at night. Very good sand bed cleaners, and will eat any leftover food/dead fish once it hits the bottom. Having these snails can really save your tank if you happen to be on vacation and a fish dies.

 

[kireek]

Clever @mdbannister ,I could use some fun.

60 gallon mixed reef
4 Nassarius snails
About 20 blue legged hermits
1 unknown snail
1 unknown crab,the bad kind.
Countless brittle stars
Purple sea whip or gorgonian.
My puffer fish "Blake".Not a traditional cleaner fish,but he sure makes my rocks sparkle.

My favorites in order are the Gorgonian,brittle stars,Nassarius and then Blake.




Not my tank.A picture just for Todd.

 

[JasReef]

160 gallon display, bare-bottom, tons of flow

5 large turbo snails
5 small turbo snails, but 3 of those morphed into hermit crabs, weird
2 tuxedo urchins
2 pincushion urchins
8 astrea snails
15 assorted hermits

Those urchins are indispensable to my tank and rock cleanliness. Sometimes they pick up a frag that I am acclimating but other than than they eat around the rest and don't bother anything except for giving the occasional snail a ride.