CleanUp Crew Feeding?

[ctissot941]

I have a 38 gal tank with about 50 lbs of live rock. I have 10 large turbo snails, and 20 blue leg hermits. Do I need to feed them anything, or will they do fine eating the algae and all the junk of the rock?
Chris

 

[bigarn]

Feed them.

 

[sly]

I've not fed mine in the year that I have had them. They are doing fine.

 

[bigarn]

Originally posted by Sly
I've not fed mine in the year that I have had them. They are doing fine.
If he doesn't have any fish which get fed (I assume he doesn't according to his post) I say feed them.
I assume you have fish in your tank--In which case the hermits and snails wouldn't have to be fed directly.

 

[sly]

Yea, I have fish in my tank. The snails seem to find enough algae to eat.

 

[star]

What do you feed them?

 

[ivanfj]

Just throw some flake foods in for the hermits then they will scavange them. As for turbo snails, they will be fine eating just algae.