Particulate On Rocks And Sand

[new2saltyfish]

It seems like theres a lot of particulate or waste on the rocks and the sand. i brush it off about twice a week so the filter sucks it up. I have 5 blue leg crabs, 2 scarlet, 1 nasarius snail, 1 emerald crab, and 3 turbo snails. My question is that do I have enough clean up crew...and if not is this the cause for all the particulate. What can i do to slow it down instead of brushing off the rocks and sand twice a week.
( I do clean the tank 10% each week)

 

[shafty]

what size of tank we talking about here?

 

[new2saltyfish]

30 gal.

 

[shafty]

yeah I would add some more to your CUC. I have more then that in my 14G, try to get some different varieties of snails and a few more blue legs, ....I think they reccomend 1 cleaner per gallon, I may be wrong on that number tho.

 

[new2saltyfish]

ok ill pick up some more. but it seems like most of the particulate is coming from the crabs.

 

[Mr.September15]

ok ill pick up some more. but it seems like most of the particulate is coming from the crabs.

Do you mean particles?

Add some more snails to your clean up crew. My hermits dont do much except mess things up by hitting over coral etc. But my turbo does clean alot

 

[new2saltyfish]

ok ill have to get some of them tomorrow. ill let you know if it works or not