Clean Up Crew For A 29gal

[thrankall]

Hi I was wondering what shrimp crabs or snails could fit in a 29gal with 1 false percula clownfish, 1 bicolor pseudochromis, 1 clown goby, and 1 pajama cardinal fish?

 

[@ombomb]

Tylerman, why not have a read through some of the threads in the nano section, as your tank fits into thi category.

You need to consider three areas with your cleanup crew:

Glass cleaners - Snails
Sand cleaners - Snails, Crabs
Rock cleaners - Snails, Crabs, Shrimp

The rough rule of Cleanup crew is one invert per gallon of water so you could go with something like:

6 X Nassarius Snails - Sift sand / eat detritus
2 X Turbo Snail - Eat algae anywhere
6 X Astrea Snails - Clean glass / rock
6 X Nerite Snail - Mainly stay on the rock but also clean glass
1 X Emerald crad - Stays on the rock, eats hair and bubble algae
6 X Hermit crab - Many types to choose from, clean sand / rock
1 X Skunk Cleaner Shrimp - Eats left over food and scavenges on the rocks

 

[thrankall]

Tylerman, why not have a read through some of the threads in the nano section, as your tank fits into thi category.

You need to consider three areas with your cleanup crew:

Glass cleaners - Snails
Sand cleaners - Snails, Crabs
Rock cleaners - Snails, Crabs, Shrimp

The rough rule of Cleanup crew is one invert per gallon of water so you could go with something like:

6 X Nassarius Snails - Sift sand / eat detritus
2 X Turbo Snail - Eat algae anywhere
6 X Astrea Snails - Clean glass / rock
6 X Nerite Snail - Mainly stay on the rock but also clean glass
1 X Emerald crad - Stays on the rock, eats hair and bubble algae
6 X Hermit crab - Many types to choose from, clean sand / rock
1 X Skunk Cleaner Shrimp - Eats left over food and scavenges on the rocks

Alright thanks for the info

 

[xNOTLOCx]

i definitley think a foxface fish is a good addition the lfs says they can be kept in small tanks and they are cool looking they eat alot of type of algea and are reaf safe they are poisinous but dont ususally ever go after fish to hurt them only if a fish goes after it but thats rare. they are great cleaners, orrrrrrr, you can get an even better cleaner wich is a really cool looking fish, or cat w/e its a coral catfish you can look at them on th link, they are also poisounous but they are always cleaning up any axtra foos particles and can help out in uch a small tank since too much food can become a problem the website

 

[thrankall]

i definitley think a foxface fish is a good addition the lfs says they can be kept in small tanks and they are cool looking they eat alot of type of algea and are reaf safe they are poisinous but dont ususally ever go after fish to hurt them only if a fish goes after it but thats rare. they are great cleaners, orrrrrrr, you can get an even better cleaner wich is a really cool looking fish, or cat w/e its a coral catfish you can look at them on th link, they are also poisounous but they are always cleaning up any axtra foos particles and can help out in uch a small tank since too much food can become a problem the website

I dont know if lps has either of those fish

 

[xNOTLOCx]

well thats fine you might ask to special order sometime they can without a problem, and if you go to the website i give you or maybe another one it can be cheaper and the foxface is very hardy and almost never dies on arrival, up to you those are the only cool looking fish that clean, i mean theres inverts and things but u got all that info from other :0 good luck

 

[@ombomb]

Foxfaces get to 7"+ and are definitely not suitable for a tank of that size.

 

[xNOTLOCx]

no ill trade myne out before it gets too big.. but thats just me its gives more expeirience and gives u diff types of fish to play with.. or personalities

 

[andywg]

xNOTLOCx,

That web page you linked to for the coral cats was one that sells them. the 1-3" was the size that they get them in at. They grow up to be foot long marine predators, I don't think people really want one in a 20 gallon reef...

Also, they will not just clean up on the bottom, they will need their own food, and being such a large and predatory fish they will create a far higher bioload than the rest of a nano would, you would be having to feed them meaty foods such as other fish and inverts.

And finally, they are venomous, not poisonous. Poisonous relates to tasting bad/fatal when eaten; venomous is where the organism can transport the toxin into another organism without having to be consumed.