cleaning crew.....

[nu2salt]

can anybody recommend a good cleaning crew for a 29 gallon ?
right know i have 24 pounds of lr
4 damsels (coming out to cycle a 55)
2 false pec. clowns
1 yellow tank
tank has been running for about 5 weeks

 

[nicetry]

7 fish (including a tang) in a 5 week old 29 gallon tank!!?? Yikes! Slow down a bit or a clean up crew will be the least of your worries.
Add a few hermits and a couple snails to help with waste. Nassarius snails are neat. Trochus and astrea are good choices as well.

 

[nu2salt]

damsels r coming out tonight if i can catch the little buggers
i found out that that was alot for such a new tank and so far every thing is okay i test water every morning.
will not add anything for awhile
just some coral but not alot
i guess you learn the hard way

 

[michaeltx]

I have to agree that you are way overstocked for a 29 gallon tank and the tang really needs a lot bigger tank to stay healthy.
I would suggest slowing down and asking alot of questions and research before you set yourself up to fail. The tang really needs 4 foot tank with best being 5+ in legnth. if not they develope HLLE and can die quickly from it among many other things.
something else is that you dont need to have trhe damsels to cycle the tank you can just throw in a piece of shrimp from the store to cycle it out.
Mike

 

[nu2salt]

how many of each??

 

[michaeltx]

I wouldnt add alot of each of them maybe 2 turbos 2 nassarious 2 asteria and maybe 2 trochous or even one of each and see how they do after awhile since you have such anew tank you dont want to overpopulate the tank with cleaners until there is enough stuff in there for them to eat or they will start to die.
Mike

 

[nu2salt]

there is nothing in the 55 but the salt how many shrimp from the store should i use???

 

[nu2salt]

and i would also like to think u for all the help :cheer: :cheer: :cheer:

 

[fgcu14]

one raw shrimp is all you need to start the cycle.

 

[dmjordan]

you can also use some uncured live rock to cycle your new tank.