BB aggro tank! what detrius cuc

[gravismaximus]

what would you put in for a cuc ( i know there gonna get eatn ) that will last some time for a bare bottom agressive tank. i have hermits and some nass snails in there that i pulled from the tank befor i took out the sand. but i think i will need some more. now that the nass snails cant bury themselfs im sure they wont last long but i will need somthing to eat the algea off the botom glass befor long and it would be nice if what i get also eats at some detrius. what do you think. i was thinkin bumble bee and cerith snails.

 

[snakeblitz33]

How about excellent water quality and low level lights to control algae growth?

 

[btldreef]

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Originally Posted by gravismaximus http:///t/387773/bb-aggro-tank-what-detrius-cuc#post_3414401
what would you put in for a cuc ( i know there gonna get eatn ) that will last some time for a bare bottom agressive tank. i have hermits and some nass snails in there that i pulled from the tank befor i took out the sand. but i think i will need some more. now that the nass snails cant bury themselfs im sure they wont last long but i will need somthing to eat the algea off the botom glass befor long and it would be nice if what i get also eats at some detrius. what do you think. i was thinkin bumble bee and cerith snails.
It depends on what type of fish are going in the tank. Usually aggressive tanks will have larger hermits that fish won't bother with, as well as some large turbo snails.

 

[peasofme]

bb needs to be siphoned all the time.

 

[saxman]

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Originally Posted by peasofme http:///t/387773/bb-aggro-tank-what-detrius-cuc#post_3422487
bb needs to be siphoned all the time.
Agreed...that's why folks run BB...it's certainly not for looks.