Clean-up crew suggestions

[sailfin tang]

I have an 80 gallon (48" bow) with about 70lbs of live rock.
The tank has been set-up for over 6 months with 1 damsel and is cycled.
The numbers are excellent @ this point .
I do have a substantial amount of reaccuring brown algea that forms on the sand as well the glass.
I have new T5 lights coming to replace the original hood light.
I plan on keeping a community reef with just a few fish and some corals and possibly an anemone.
I'm getting a clean-up crew of some sort this weekend and was wondering what would be the best combo of inverts?

 

[trigger11]

You will find a wide variety of answers for your question. It will all depend on what critters you want to work the sand bed. Hermit crabs will do a great job of eliminating the algae you describe on the sand. I would get like 7-10. You can mix and match hermits and should be ok. Just be sure to get several replacement shells for them to play with. Snails are always a good addition as well. Lots of choices there. Again, somewhere between 5-10 would be good. With just the snails and hermits you would have a great start for the cleanup crew. After that you can add various shrimp, a lawnmower blenny, different kinds of sandsifting gobies, Etc. One thing to be careful of though is if you get a bunch of hermits and snails along with the other guys then you may have to feed them extra to keep them alive. Ultimately at some point things will balance out with how much food you put in. I'll stop now before I ramble any further.