puffer, eels, and cleanup crews?

[kennymohr]

what if any cleanup crews , should I use with an eel, and a porcupine puffer,? 55 fish only, LFS no help, conflicting answers

 

[aw2]

A Porc. should never be housed in a 55 and there's not too many species of eels that can be either.

 

[connor]

a snowflake eel would be fine and so would a white ghost eel.

 

[kennymohr]

now that that was settled how about answering the question??? Can I put some crabs, snails, in the tank, or am i just gonna be feeding the puffer, and snowflake eel?

 

[drea]

can't go wrong w/ some blue hermits... my puffers were never able to eat them (hawians n tobies...)

 

[aw2]

Good to know that you already realize what you're doing is wrong... :notsure:
Porcs will eat hermits, snails, shrimp, crabs and anything else you put in the tank.
Snowflakes will eat crabs and shrimp.

 

[sw65galma]

Basically you need to make up for not having a clean up crew, buy have a Super skimmer, something rated for 3-4x the size of your tank. A good amount of water flow to keep detrius suspended. Also a fuge would be recommended.