clean up crew in agressive

[civickid]

i tried to put a brittle star in the clean up all the poop from my puffer, lion and trigger and he wasnt in the tank for 2 minutes and the puffer had eaton through the bag and the star was missing a leg already. so what can i put in the tank to help clean up.

 

[civickid]

i need some help please

 

[therealtoddius]

Nothing. You are the only cleanup crew. Nothing can survive my triggers and puffer. It's all just food to them.

 

[civickid]

i cant put a choco chip star in it or something big

 

[trigger reid]

i have samll damsel living with a niger and two huma humas and it does all that ang gets along fine. its bin their for a year

 

[trigger reid]

three stripe damsel

 

[sheracr123]

It's usually a try and see thing with aggressive fish. And I think you already got your answer!!!

 

[jacksonpt]

Going to depend a lot on the personality of your fish. Make sure they are well fed before you try to add anything. When I added my puffer, he ate all the sails in the tank, but didn't touch any of the hermits... perhaps you could try some larger hermits?
Why type of trigger/puffer do you have?

 

[smoothounds]

try your luck with larger hermits. Good luck!

 

[theplowking]

I agree with most of the posts. Any clean up crew will be eaten.

 

[trigger reid]

i put a damselin with my 2.0 inch ungulate and he was good with it for 2 weeks then it just disapeared the next day

 

[cincyreefer]

Most cleaners normally wont last long with aggressive fish. You might want to look into a UV sterilizer if you dont have one already.

 

[lionfish1]

yea my triggers knock the snails off the glass then suck em out of there shells. the only thing that's working for me is a couple of small scooter blennys that seem to move too fast for them to catch.

 

[moopiespoo]

Well I had 3 large hermits but the medium size one was ate by the porky I suspect. I gave the largest away and am now down to the smallest which hides under a rock. So I thought these were the best bet for clean up but I was wrong.

 

[djessem]

The chocolate chip star will make it ok......have had one in my tank for 4 months with eels and lions and puffer.

 

[lazy east911]

u see thats the thing about angels,triggers and puffers, well puffers arent that6 bad, you cant really put any invert in there, thats why i took my angel and trigger out, they killed my bluespotted stingray, now i can have clams ananomes, and other stuff like that.