Help with cleanup crew please?

[patriot54]

I have a 12 gallon fowlr tank and i was wondering what kind of cleanup crew I should get? I'm new to this hobby and this site, so any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

 

[1990jpyj]

snails, snails and more snails. maybe a cleaner shrimp. wouldnt recomend hermits. they like to knock stuff over.

 

[patriot54]

Originally Posted by 1990jpyj
http:///forum/post/2866848
snails, snails and more snails. maybe a cleaner shrimp. wouldnt recomend hermits. they like to knock stuff over.
What kind of snails? And how many would you recomend?

 

[1990jpyj]

im not to good with the names of them but probly something like this:
1 turbo
2 margarite
5 nassarius
5 cerith
and i think that should do just fine. for snails, i have all of those in my 10g.
i also have 1 peppermint shrimp. so far everything looks awsome as far as CUC goes.

 

[patriot54]

Thanks for the help. Do you have to feed the pepermint shrimp anything else or add anything to the water for it? Is it pretty easy to keep a shrimp?

 

[1990jpyj]

its very easy imo to keep a shrimp. they will basically eat what ever falls to the ground. which is good. mine is a really likes to clean he moves sand and shells around just to clean. as far as adding stuff to the water, i dont , nor do i know of anything i should be adding for a shrimp. the only thing that i know really harms a shrimp and i could be wrong on this would be Ph.