bluntly...I need poop eaters

[superman]

Lately when i look at my rocks some of them have a tremendous amount of poop err...detritus on them. Now I am told that red leg hermits and serpent stars are good for this problem....Is this true and what other cleanup guys specialize or are good at this.

 

[xabxam]

I have read that serpent stars are good at eating detritus(waste).

 

[j21kickster]

personally i would start by using a siphon if you have that much- give us your tank specs including inhabs

 

[thomas712]

I would also recommend feeding a little less if you have piles of the stuff all over the place.
Thomas

 

[nerdy]

I have had a few kole tangs in the past that would eat poop right fresh out of other fishs er...behinds!

 

[aaronw78]

Originally posted by Nerdy
I have had a few kole tangs in the past that would eat poop right fresh out of other fishs er...behinds!
Hey, My purple tang does that, must be a tang thing! My wife gets mad at it, I just laugh.

 

[superman]

specs are in profile but there a few mods...
55 gal
2 filters that hangon back
skimmer
1 purp tang
1 koran angel
1 falser perc
1 scooter blenny
1 cleaner shrimp
1 fire shrimp
1 cbs
3 trochus snails
1 sandsifter
2 horseshoe crabs
lr/ls
corals
I only feed twice daily...flakes in the morning, brine shrimp with spirulina at night.

 

[mlm]

get more snails for the rock and get a fighting conch for the sandbed.

 

[superman]

by the way...
as far as siphoning i don't do that...I know there are 2 sides of the water change story...but belive it or not, I haven't done a water change in over a year and a half. Corals are beautiful and growing...Fish Have never been sick and are beautifully colored and system hasn't had so much as a minor crash. I got the idea of no water changes from my old boss, who hadn't changed his water for like 3 years. Anyway it's just a detritus problem im having. Just trying to figure a good clean up crew.