clean u crew suggestions?
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renogaw
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first, i'd keep an eye on that hermit you have. it's probably going to eat whatever else you may put in there.
i'd start out with 10 astrea snails, 10-15 mixed hermits, 10 nassarious snails, 1 (and probalby only one total) mexican turbo, maybe a bristle star if you notice a lot of detritus in the tank, and an emerald crab or two.
that would be a good start, and you can add snails as you see fit based on algae on the glass and rocks.
i'd start out with 10 astrea snails, 10-15 mixed hermits, 10 nassarious snails, 1 (and probalby only one total) mexican turbo, maybe a bristle star if you notice a lot of detritus in the tank, and an emerald crab or two.
that would be a good start, and you can add snails as you see fit based on algae on the glass and rocks.
jpc763
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Originally Posted by renogaw
i'd start out with 10 astrea snails, 10-15 mixed hermits, 10 nassarious snails, 1 (and probalby only one total) mexican turbo, maybe a bristle star if you notice a lot of detritus in the tank, and an emerald crab or two.
Can you add all of this at once or will that cause a bio spike? I am cycling a 55g and need to start thinking of the cleanup crew. I plan on adding the clean up crew first, then fish. Is that the right order?
i'd start out with 10 astrea snails, 10-15 mixed hermits, 10 nassarious snails, 1 (and probalby only one total) mexican turbo, maybe a bristle star if you notice a lot of detritus in the tank, and an emerald crab or two.
Can you add all of this at once or will that cause a bio spike? I am cycling a 55g and need to start thinking of the cleanup crew. I plan on adding the clean up crew first, then fish. Is that the right order?
sooz
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Originally Posted by j-j_02
so was it a bad idea to get the hermit?
I had a big hermit in the beginning - he was cool to watch, but he made me really nervous, because I would find him perched on top of my CC Starfish - so I traded him in for 5 tiny hermits. I also have 5 turbo snails and 4 nass snails, and a small lobster in my 50 gallon FOWLR
so was it a bad idea to get the hermit?
I had a big hermit in the beginning - he was cool to watch, but he made me really nervous, because I would find him perched on top of my CC Starfish - so I traded him in for 5 tiny hermits. I also have 5 turbo snails and 4 nass snails, and a small lobster in my 50 gallon FOWLR
jpc763
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Originally Posted by renogaw
right order, and a cleanup crew generally has little effect on ammonia. if you've cycled correctly, you shouldn't have a problem
Thanks, another question. I bought my tank from a guy who upgraded and it came with 60lbs live sand. I have added base rock and live rock and am cycling now. My ammonia is 0.75 (between 0.50 and 1.0 on the color card). I have 5 snails that hitched along with the sand. Will they die?
right order, and a cleanup crew generally has little effect on ammonia. if you've cycled correctly, you shouldn't have a problem
Thanks, another question. I bought my tank from a guy who upgraded and it came with 60lbs live sand. I have added base rock and live rock and am cycling now. My ammonia is 0.75 (between 0.50 and 1.0 on the color card). I have 5 snails that hitched along with the sand. Will they die?
renogaw
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hit or miss... can you put them into a little bucket till your ammonia goes down? i got about 30lbs of sand from someone and it had sit in the bucket in the garage for a while. i think 4 nass snails survived, and the only shell i found empty was that of a mexican turbo which wouldn't have survived under the sand anyway.