what other critters should I add for my 7 gal bow front?

lubbockfishdude

lubbockfishdude

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Experienced Aquarists...
I have a 7 gallon bow front and have the following:
blood cleaner, percula clown, royal gramma, sally lightfoot, blue legged hermit, 2 scarlet hermits, sand sifting star.
Is there an essential critter that I have missed or is needed to help do the maintenance?
All of my water stats are great and everything is happy. Diatoms and green algae are becoming more prevalent. Any tips on 1 or 2 more cleaner critters?
 
kev

kev

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Looks like you are pretty lucky to have what you currently have... I would have to say leave it be :D
 
striker

striker

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Hmmm? (mantis shrimp) nah! I'd go with a snail or two. I love watching my mexican trochus snails. They are constantly sweeping the glass, lr and equipment in my tank. I'm sure there are even nicer ones out there. I was thinking of adding a couple of bumble bee snails. Snails will help with the nuisance algae but make sure you also drop a couple of shells for your blue leg incase he starts looking for a new home.
 
rhomer

rhomer

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I've got a seven gallon bow. I've removed the bio-wheel to see if nitrates reduce. I have a cleaner shrimp, and catalina goby, percula clown, 4 blue legs, 2 turbos, and 2 bumblebee snails. I've also got 15-20 lbs of lr, 10 lbs of ls, some star polups that are already starting to spread, a feather duster, and some sun coral. Man for 7 gallons this thing is super bright, and colorful
 
kelly

kelly

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rhomer,
What lighting do you have on it? I have a 32W Smartlite retorfit on mine. It is still cycling and I can hardly wait to start adding some corals. The diatoms are doing well, and I have a little green algae so it should not be long. I guess I should have seeded it with some live sand, I am starting to get a little impatient.
LubbockFishDude,
I would just add some snails, and then some corals.
 
rhomer

rhomer

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I have the crappy 15 watt flo that came with it. I have an older light that has 2 18 watt bulbs with it, but to use this one I had to remove the hood. I had a lot of dehydration when I did that, also the light seemed to be too strong, this one had a 10k and an actinic bulb. The rock at the top of the tank turned black like it was burned.
I removed those lights, put the hood back on, and clean it regularly. This seems to work much better. Everytime I clean the glass the star polups open up big time the next day.
BTW the bulb is an 18k bulb on the lights that are on there now.
:p
 
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