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I'm looking to get a cleanup crew for my 110 display + 35 sump. I already have about 5 hermits (1 zebra/left handed, 2 blue, and 2 mexican), 5 nassarius snails, and 5 trochus snails plus a few stomatella.
Any recommendations for where to purchase cleanup crews?
Also, any advice on the mix of crabs and snails (how many, what types)? I'm planning on doing a reef tank with some fish.
Thanks,
Tsrfish
Any recommendations for where to purchase cleanup crews?
Also, any advice on the mix of crabs and snails (how many, what types)? I'm planning on doing a reef tank with some fish.
Thanks,
Tsrfish
tsrfish- Number of posts: 1
Tank Size- Gallons : 110 with a 35 gallon sump. Planning on adding a 75 gallon refugium.
Registration date: 2009-03-27
Re: Advice on clean-up crew
For me its snails or hermits not both...and I find the snails to be of greater benefit. I think you should be at least double your snail count. I like turbos, nassarius, astrea, cerith.
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Cookieman888*Admin*- Moderator

- Number of posts: 192
Location: Kitchener
Tank Size- Gallons : 90 gal mixed reef & BC29
Registration date: 2008-12-06
Re: Advice on clean-up crew
i have a mix. about 30-40 blue legs 6 red legs 10 turbos 4 astrea 1 bumblebee snail and 2 other i don't know. plus a bunch of perwinkles..

SATELLITE- Number of posts: 103
Location: Nova Scotia
Tank Size- Gallons : 80g reef
Registration date: 2009-01-16
Re: Advice on clean-up crew
i have to disagree with you cookieman
i think as long as you keep extra shells in the tank the hermits will leave the snails alone, thats what i found at least

Jack- Number of posts: 115
Age: 19
Location: Fredericton N.B.
Tank Size- Gallons : 15 gallon fuge + 30 gallon nano reef with mantis shrimp
Registration date: 2009-03-10
Re: Advice on clean-up crew
Disagreement...I love it! 
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The only thing 2 reefers will agree on is
that the third guy is doing it wrong!
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Cookieman888*Admin*- Moderator

- Number of posts: 192
Location: Kitchener
Tank Size- Gallons : 90 gal mixed reef & BC29
Registration date: 2008-12-06
Re: Advice on clean-up crew
thats y i go to the beach and get perwinkles. they eat algea and then die and the crabs get feed and take there homes:)

SATELLITE- Number of posts: 103
Location: Nova Scotia
Tank Size- Gallons : 80g reef
Registration date: 2009-01-16
Re: Advice on clean-up crew
haha i did the same thing

Jack- Number of posts: 115
Age: 19
Location: Fredericton N.B.
Tank Size- Gallons : 15 gallon fuge + 30 gallon nano reef with mantis shrimp
Registration date: 2009-03-10
Re: Advice on clean-up crew
Question, where can you buy extra shells for the hermits, I don't live anywhere near an ocean in fact I am surrounded by the great lakes. I was at my LFS (petland) and I didn't see extra real estate for crabs. Any suggestions.
chevyguy86- Number of posts: 14
Tank Size- Gallons : 55g bow freshwater tropical
100g freshwalter south american cichlids
30g FOWLR tank
soon converting 55g to SW
Registration date: 2009-05-06
Re: Advice on clean-up crew
Petland is great for freshwater stuff but I've never found them to useful when it comes to saltwater. What part of the world are you located in?
May be able to better direct you with this information.
May be able to better direct you with this information.

2Frosty4u- Number of posts: 119
Location: Hamilton, Ont.
Tank Size- Gallons : 120g Reef, 35g fuge, 35g sump, 2X250W MH, 2X110W VHO actinic, Euroreef CS8-4 Skimmer, Blueline 100HD return pump, OM squirt 4 way closed loop.
75g Fowlr tied into reef system.
Registration date: 2009-04-30
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