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May be a dumb question...but...did you rinse the shells off before placing them into your DT?

Originally Posted by earlybird Yep my lfs gave me a bunch of different sizes. Mine didn't even mention it. Surprising because they are usually really good at making sure the cover everything. I need to go get some so the little guys have room to grow. Thanks.

Originally Posted by jennythebugg awww look at those little guys work !! love the rock Thank you Jenny!

Originally Posted by earlybird No need to QT your cleaners just drip acclimate. I stopped taking head counts on my guys. Most likely the hermit left his shell to molt and will be back for it or will search out one that is a better fit. Did you put extra shells in your tank for the hermits?

My cleaning crew rocks!

Originally Posted by renogaw too many mexican turbos. i have 3 in my 75 and there's barely any algae. i'd put 10 astreas in there instead, and maybe 2 peppermints, not 5. That's what I'm talking about renogaw! It doesn't take long for the turbos to go to work.

I just added my CUC on Sunday. For a 65 gallon tank I've started with: 3 Mexican Turbo Snails 10 Astraea Snails 12 Red Leg Hermits I am probably going to add 5 Nassarius Snails and an Emerald Crab, but it is amazing what the snails and hermits that I added on Sunday afternoon have done in 2 1/2...

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Tested my water this evening to see what effect the CUC might have and these are the results I got: Temp: 78 degrees Salinity: 1.026 pH: 8.4 Ammonia: 0 ppm Nitrites: 0 ppm Nitrates: 0 ppm Not sure why the Nitrates came down. Maybe all of the cleaning contributed to it as I haven't done a...

Originally Posted by earlybird Yeah the QT is a must. I have not lost any of my cleaners (knoking on wood). You don't QT your cleaners do you? The 4 snails that I had in the corner have moved so they are doing well...except for one (there is a shell still there but no hermit). Not sure what...

Originally Posted by spanko Fish list and addition sequence looks good. Mechanical filtration for the floaties. (Fliter pads or floss) CUC now this is JMO. 5 Nassirius 20 Ceriths 10 Asteras To start with. Thanks Spanko... I was planning on adding some Nassirius Snails...I probably would have...

Originally Posted by earlybird Starting a new thread was a good idea. Tank looks great. Here's my view on clean up crew. I've slowly added my clean up and I'm not done yet. It helps in a few ways but it's nice because when I acclimate I replace the water with new make up water and it serves...

Please...I'm looking for any advice / guidance / suggestions / comments I can get. I've got a few things going on that I could use some expertise to help me through: Size and makeup of my CUC? The white stuff floating around my tank? Fish list? Also, I can't keep one of our freakin' cats of my...

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Below is the list of fish, and the order, in which I am thinking about putting into my tank. Any comments / suggestions would be appreciated. Purple Fire Fish Clown Fish (not sure what type yet...probalby a Percula) Six Line Wrasse Royal Gramma Flame Angel Before I add anything I need to get my...

EB... How is your tank progressing?

Well, part of the CUC at least. My CUC includes: 10 Astrea Snails (though I only spotted 6 tonight...i'm sure the others are around) 3 Turbo Snails (now I see where they got their name...they are workers!) 12 Red Leg Hermit Crabs I know this is probably light for a 65 gallon, but so far they...

Incredible tank! Im just getting started with a 65 FOWLR so you give me something to shoot for. Probably need to get a divorce in order to get a tank that large though. Keep the pictures coming.

Spanko...I'm thinking about adding zoas down the road so I will keep that in mind. Thanks again.

Originally Posted by spanko looks like you are on a roll to me. Diatoms are the brown stuff, normal during maturtion process. Purple stuff looks like coarline algae, good stuff, normal during maturation process. are you running any kind of mechanical filtration? some filter pads should help to...