Help Me Choose My Cleaner Crew

[tmreynolds]

Well, you all did such a good job of helping me choose my prospective fish, please help me with my cleanup crew

Fish will be
2 percula clowns
1 pygmy angel
1 watchman goby + pistol shrimp
1 firefish
1 wrasse TBC

tank is 180 litres/around ~45 US gallons with 20kg LR.

Thank you.

 

[SkiFletch]

Oooh, my tank, my crew

10 Nassarius Snails
10 Cerith Snails
1 Mexican Turbo Snail
10 Scarlet reef hermits (aka redleg hermits)
5 Trochus Snails
1 Brittle Starfish
1-3Blood shrimp (depending on if the first one hides)

 

[tmreynolds]

Oooh, my tank, my crew

10 Nassarius Snails
10 Cerith Snails
1 Mexican Turbo Snail
10 Scarlet reef hermits (aka redleg hermits)
5 Trochus Snails
1 Brittle Starfish
1-3Blood shrimp (depending on if the first one hides)

I knew you'd help me out, cheers

No probs with the pistol shrimp?

I also understand these can all be added at the same time, when my levels are back down ( the ammonia, nitrite and nitrate have all shot up after the live rock was added this morning.

This will be the start of my cycle then....

 

[SkiFletch]

Pistols are not problematic when paired with gobies and are only rarely problematic when kept on their own

 

[tmreynolds]

Oooh, my tank, my crew

10 Nassarius Snails
10 Cerith Snails
1 Mexican Turbo Snail
10 Scarlet reef hermits (aka redleg hermits)
5 Trochus Snails
1 Brittle Starfish
1-3Blood shrimp (depending on if the first one hides)

Mate, is there any particular brittle star I should be looking for?

Thanks,

 

[tmreynolds]

What about a pincushion or rock urchin, would either of these be ok aswell?

 

[SkiFletch]

I'm not a fan of urchins since they can bulldoze corals and rockwork

Dwarf brittlestars are best. Stay small and dont predate on other things

 

[tmreynolds]

I like the skunk cleaner shrimps and also the true peppermint shrimps, could I get a couple of each?

 

[SkiFletch]

Sure thing