My CUC Order...Sound Good?

[gio28]

i have a 36 gallon tank and barely any CUC in it...so im about to order some more.
so far i have in my tank:
-emerald crab
-cleaner shrimp
-1 hermit
-5 algae snails
-2-3 nassarius snails
what i decided to put in my cart:
-1 little bear conch
-1 serpent star
-10 cerith snails
-10 turbo/astrea snails
-10 assorted hermits
-50 empty hermit shells
and also chaeto for my sump
does this CUC sound good? are there any other good cleaners i should add IYO? just making sure before i order. i was also considering a sally light foot...but they aren't 100% safe with corals...right? thanks.

 

[jackri]

Turbo/astrea snails are two different snails. If you get 10 big turbos that's going to be A LOT in a 36g. Instead of 10 turbos I would go for 20-25 astrea snails. Make sure you spot feed your serpent star once or twice a week as he probably won't be able to scavenge enough.
50 empty shells for 10 hermits -- probably overkill too
Not sure if I'd get any turbo snails... maybe 1 or 2 IMO but 10 would be way overkill.
My opinions -- your tank

 

[gio28]

your opinions are greatly appreciated. now that you mention the 10 turbos, i wont order them cause as a precaution cause i want them to stay alive lol. i might order 25 instead of 10 ceriths instead cause they seem to eat alot of different types of stuff...so if algae is not plentiful they will have other things to eat. and i could always feed algae sheets. also...is a sally light foot a good idea for a tank with corals?
and yeah...i will have alot of extra shells lol. but thats the lowest amount they come in on SWF it looks like.

 

[jackri]

You don't have to add all the shells at once either. I wouldn't get the sally lightfoot as a precaution especially in a smaller tank.
Other than that I think your plan sounds good.

 

[gio28]

sweet sounds good. i might spend $10 so i can qualify for the free item thingy on future orders...so i might order 2 urchins. are they crazy algae eaters? all i can find online is that they eat algae and are good at it. i dont want these guys to starve.

 

[jackri]

Again it's your tank... but I'd never put an urchin in my tanks. My reason? Personal prefernce, spines on them falling laying around to poke me and my fish. Another reason is ignorance -- I don't know enough about them either (mostly since I don't have an interest in them I haven't bothered researching them either).
Biggest thing with urchins would be making sure they had enough food --- which then if it's part of your CUC you're kind of being counter productive by giving additional food just to a CUC. My .02

 

[gio28]

thanks for all your help. i wish any of the fish i wanted were in stock or i would order another for my tank...and not impulse shop for more CUC.

 

[meowzer]

my pencil urchins eat coral...I got rid of one, and the other is in my refugium
the astrea snails are fine...SWF lists them as Astrea/turbo they are not the BIG turbo snails Jackri is thinking of

 

[gio28]

oh ok cool. i need some glass snails that will keep the back clean. i'll get 10 of those guys

 

[flower]

I had 2 urchins...I hated them, and took them back after 2 days...they destroyed my pipe organ coral..ripped it apart and carried the mangled parts all over the tank to die.
They eat coralline algae.
They knock over coral frags...they are awful. IMO

 

[life~reefer]

I wouldn't get an urchin for a tank that small. It really depends on the urchin you get too. The black long spine urchin is definitely going to knock things over but the royal tuxedo urchin I have has never knocked anything over, has not eaten enough coralline algae for me to notice, or caused any damage to others in the tank. For all the work they do I would not mind if they ate my coralline algae. Last, they are stunning creatures and incredible to watch.

 

[meowzer]

I have a purple urchin...never knocks anything over, and doesn't eat the coraline either....BUT sure does a great job on the algae..LOL
the pencil urchins eat the corals

 

[gio28]

1 XLittle Bear Conch0%$15.29
1 XHermits - Assorted - Group of 100%$9.44
1 XChaeto0%$8.99
1 XCerith Snail - Group of 100%$15.99
1 XTurbo/Astrea Snail - Group of 100%$10.99
1 XSerpent Starfish0%$10.79
1 X50 Empty Hermit Crab Shells0%$2.99
1 XEmerald Crab
im being lazy...so i just copied and pasted whats in my cart

 

[meowzer]

Looks ok to me...
I wonder what type of hermits you get in an assorted pack???/

 

[gio28]

thats what i was wondering...it dosent really say. there are pics of the scrlet, blue, and jade ones though. i'll post the answer when i get them to solve this mystery lol.