Clean Up Crew

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Originally Posted by BlueTang<3

Whats your thoughts? I have never ran with one i had bought about 100 snails at one time and the next day had my tank crash so i have never bought more again. I have been getting a bit of cayno build up in a corner of the tank. Flow issues are out of the question have 4 mp40s on full and a 2000 gph return after return. Would i benefit from a clean up crew?

No if you have a bit of cyno it would likely be a flow, lighting or water quality issue. Don't worry about it simply siphon it out.

It is ok to have one or two hermit crabs in a tank. They look cool and are fun to watch but they are predators and eat all same good stuff your fish and coral eat.

A few snails are good but if you have too many which most reefers have, they starve to death and pollute the tank with a net negative rather than a net positive.

Typically though, a clean up crew (CUC) is simply a marketing way for a LFS to sell ya more stuff IMO,