Cleanup Crew for my 56 gal reef??

[jessed244]

I have my 56 gal reef cycling and i just added all the live rock today! (65 pounds)
I know I have to wait for the brown algae and wait for the tank to complete its cycle, but my first purchases will be the cleanup crew, I know the different kinds I want, but Was wondering how many of each you suggest?
Snails - how many
Hermitts - what kind - how many
Crabs - emerald - how many
Shrimp - what kind how many
Starfish?? can i have one, i dont really want a brittle, something smaller. can i have them with inverts and corals?
What do you all suggest and use in your 55 gals for cleanup crews. Thanks!

 

[rtspeed]

WELL I WOULD START SLOW
maybe 10 snail mixed kinds
maybe 10 hermeits mixed also i like blue and scarlets.
I personally like to have 1 for every gallon of space when a tank is completely stocked so that would be 50 different snails and 50 different hermits.
I would only do emeralds after a couple of months, or sooner if you have a hair algea outbreak.
Yeah there alot of starfish you can have but i would wait til the 6 month mark before ading one because they need prestine water conditions to survive.

 

[candycane]

Snails - who knows how many and go with something like turbos or trochus.
Hermits - none or they WILL kill the snails
Crabs - none or they will eventually do something you probably don't want
Shrimp - Peppermints or Cleaners and make sure your snails are not so small that they eat them.
Starfish - none. They are cool when they are smaller, but ALL of them have their drawbacks after being in a tank for several of years. Brittles will eat fish and what not, sand sifters will start to fall apart, linkias are EXTREMELY touchy when it comes to water quality, etc.
These are not suggestions, just what I would do if I was setting up a new tank all over again.

 

[jessed244]

Thank you both for your different inputs, Its nice to see what everyones Idea of a good cleanup crew is.
I do plan to take it slow, I should have mentioned in the first post that i wasnt planning on adding all of that at once lol!

 

[jessed244]

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