Clean Up Crew...

[Ter]

my friend who now has a 75gallon with no clean up crew... how does this sound... sounds like 2 much 2 me but... anyways.. ill let u pros go at it.. lol
35 bumble bee
35 Astrea
35 cerith
35 margarta
10 nassarius
25 turbo
for 175 snails.. thats a lot of snails... lol thoughts? feel free 2 ajust my list
Ter

 

[wflash3]

WELL I DONT KNOW MUCH ABOUT HOW MUCH OF A CLEANUP CREW YOU SHOULD HAVE PER GALLON BUT I DO KNOW THAT IS ALOT!
IT WILL GIVE ALOT OF LIFE TO THE ROCKS BUT IF THERE IS CORAL OF ANY KIND I THINK IT MAY BE A PROBLEM? I DONT KNOW IF IM COMPLETELY RIGHT ABOUT THAT.

 

[enjoiskater158]

yeah, that does sounds a little much. How does

20 bumble bee
15 Astrea
15 cerith
10 margarta
10 nassarius
10 turbo

that still sounds like a lot to me Im starting a 90 gallon soon and probley won't be putting that many snails in

 

[ikon]

what (if any) ill affects does MAJOR snail overstocking cause in the tank?

 

[sianeds]

what (if any) ill affects does MAJOR snail overstocking cause in the tank?

Shouldn't hurt the tank really, but the snails will starve which will cause water quality problems when they die

 

[Ter]

20 bumble bee
15 Astrea
15 cerith
10 margarta
10 nassarius
10 turbo

would this list be better?
Ter

 

[BigIan]

i wouldn`t even have that many cut it down to 10 of each....

we`ve got 7(maybe 8) in a 30 gallon

 

[Ter]

do you have hermits? cause I don't want any...
Ter

 

[BigIan]

yea we have hermits and some shrimp...

didn`t realise you wern`t addinghermits aswell

if i remember rightly you want one member f CUC to every gal of tank water
(of course accounting for size of critter)

 

[Ter]

in the event of no hermits... should I have more bumble bee's cause they sorta do the same job?
Ter

 

[BigIan]

you definatley want some form of detritavore in ther to tae care of any uneaten food...
and by turbo snails do you mean trochus or the true turbo as the true turbos grow quite large

 

[Ter]

true.. this is what infact is going on... I have a cleanup crew in my tank.. most hermits about 60 of them... I've bored with them, and i've read that snails do a more effective job.. So I plan on giving all my hermits 2 my buddy who just started his tank... that will leave me with
1 sand sifting seastar
1 Brittle Star
2 large tubro's
4 Astrea Snails

now my tank is 75 gallons.. I will need 2 correct my clean up crew numbers... and thats how this post started
so my tank is already established..
20 bumble bee
15 Astrea
15 cerith
10 margarta
10 nassarius
10 turbo

would that be a correct adjustment
Ter

 

[SkiFletch]

Nassarius snails, best carrion/uneaten food eaters out there!

 

[BlondeBrutality]

A very reputable fish store by me helped us out when getting our snails. We had 2 turbos, one died, and I wanted to get a couple more. They said that for a 75 gallon it wouldn't give them enough to eat and they would probably die. We ended up getting 10 nassarius and 10 astreas, that was the mix they put together for us. I say we could use 10 to 20 more and I think they would all still have enough to eat.