what should i use for a cleaning crew

silentshaw

silentshaw

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i have a 45g tank, with liverock and cc substrate, so far i have 2 camelback shrimp, 2 clarkii clowns, and 2 pinktip hatian anenomes. i was wondering what else i should consider for cleaning the cc and algae. and how long should i wait to get the cleaning crew.
 
stryder

stryder

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If your tank is cycled and all is well then you can add the clean-up crew right now. I have 45lbs of live rock and cc and I had tons of orange yucky algae. I got some margarita snails and they worked great they are not too big and fun to watch. I have 6 in my 55 gal. I also have 2 blue legged hermits, but they don't do much for cleaning, they are just kinda fun to watch when they fight:) They leave my snails alone but I have heard they can kill snails for their shells. Good luck and welcome to the board!
Stryder:joy:
 
silentshaw

silentshaw

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the reef packages are nice but i wanted to start slow becouse there is not much if any algae growing in the tank at the moment. im just wondering what i should get to keep the substrate and glass clean naturely and with little work on my part. i was thinking about a fighting conch, several snails, and a brittle star
 
ejensen

ejensen

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It won't take long for you alge to bloom. To start get 10 dwarf crabs and 10 turbo snails. Fighting conch will help with the diatom in your sand. A sand sifting gobie will also help your sand look clean.
 
ejensen

ejensen

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I have a white head gobie. Not sure what the real name is but that is what the LFS had called him. I thing most of the watchmam gobies do it. Not the Engineer Gobie. I like that gobie. I think I'm going to get him next.
 
silentshaw

silentshaw

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will the gobies be able to dig into and snails be able to clean the cc, or are they only able to clean the sand bed substrates?
 
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