hows this sound for a cleaning crew????

[bbreaux1]

i have a 55gal fo tank no live rock yet i have 40lbs tufa rock i think its call ill be adding about 5-10 lbs of live rock in a month or so once i get my hood and 2 55w pcs up my tank is aprox 2 1/2 months old got some diatom growth and 2 false perc clowns in it. i was wondering how this will sound for a cleaning crew or will it be too much or too little
10 scarlet hermits
2 emerald crabs
1 sally light foot
12 trochus snails
some type of starfish any suggestions would be nice
2 cleaner shrimp
and 2 fighting conchs
thanks for any help

 

[katara]

Do NOT get a Blue star (linkia) I went against all advice and am now sorry they need reef and a tank that is at least a year old,they are quite fragile.& most aggressive fish will view them as a meaty meal.I'm still investigating on what type of starfish I can actually keep w/ a snowflake and a puffer..Good luck

 

[bbreaux1]

nah i was thinking maybe a brittle thats about it i dont know any others besides a serpent but i heard about them eating stuff

 

[chrismilano]

The Trochus snails are much better than the turbos. Once they flip, the hermits tear them out of their shell and eat them.
I have pretty much the same setup and I put in 2 serpent stars. They each lost 3 legs due to the "youth" of the tank. I like the scarlets alot, but since they're $4 a pop, I went with 2 of them and 2 dozen blues at 70 cents each. You may want to go like 18 and 6 or so...
They all definately do their part!
Ate every bit of algae in my tank in 2 days.

 

[fshhub]

some type of star, hmmmmm, i got about a dozen micro brittle stars, htey only get like na inch or so, but do the dirty work and reproduce well
everything looks good, but the trochsu may be a bit too many, they are generally much better cleaners thanturbos and you owuld normally need fewer, so i maihgt cut back on them by a few, but otherwise it looks like a decent combo
HTH

 

[bbreaux1]

where you get those micro birttle stars? i think brittle is about the only type of star i want white sifting i hear are bad for live dsb and i dont want any star right now that id prolly kill like a linka