i need a new cleanup crew. Any ideas??

ok guys i have been looking at your cleanup crews for a while now and have noticed that mine looks like a piece of crap. ok i have:

1 brittle starfish

1 emerald crab

7 snails

and 5 hermit crabs.

i think this is very bad for my tank personally. how bout you. i did the clean up crew question thing on reef cleaners and am waiting for a reply.

i have a small space for a refugium in the back of my filter. its a 2 in by 6 in space that is 6.5 inches deep.

thanks guys in advance!!

 

Personally, I love our banded trochus snails and our chitons. Both have even successfully bred, adding tons of freebies to our CUC. We have some turbo snails and hermit crabs, but 90% of the algae cleanup comes from the banded trochus snails and our 2 adult chitons, with an entire fleet of babies from both species that come out at night.

my .02

 

go to reefcleaners dot org.. good stuff.. shoot john an email there telling him all about your system and he will give you all that you will need and some extra to boot.. good place, highly recommended..

 

+1! I just ordered the custom CUC that John reccommended and they have a great sale going on right now.

EDIT: Just saw that you have already sent a request for reefcleaners. You can't go wrong with that. It will seem like a lot, but they have an awesome reputation - they know what they are talking about

 

And my mantis shrimp LOVES the extra cerith snails John always throws in

 

lol ok so it seems like i did the right thing in sending reefcleeners an email. thanks guys. enyone else wanny share their cleanup crew??

 

good good. what i would have advised anyway.

 

Nassarius snails seem to do a good job in the sand,they also sometimes emerge at feeding time to help with any uneaten food which is fun to watch.Also keeps them from starving like a sand sifting star might.