Clean up crew

[corrosionjerry]

Ok / think I need a bit of cleanup crew / I am starting to see some hair algae...

I want this tank to be mostly corals and the like / maybe annome and a pair of clowns

What should I be looking at for the cleanup crew... my first salt tank so I have no idea on what would fit with this setup

[BlueWorldAquatic]

How big of a tank?

btw CUC's are 20% off at the store till closing sunday. Poster on our facebook/twitter accounts.

For hair algae, mexican turbo's or sea hares, depending on tank size and amount of algae.

Ken - BWA

[dunl]

Get a lawnmower blenny.

Sea hares - don't they starve if you don't have enough hair algae, and don't most people need to move them to another tank usually?

[corrosionjerry]

Its 75 Gallon / and another 60G with the sump with refugium / not much algae... couple of rocks with it ..... the tank has been running for about 3 weeks with live rock and sand... refugium has chaeto in it.

[BlueWorldAquatic]

Originally Posted by dunl

Sea hares - don't they starve if you don't have enough hair algae, and don't most people need to move them to another tank usually?

Not true, they readly take nori.



10-12 mexican turbos will keep the algae in control.

Ken

[hound96]

imo lawnmower blenny is the way to go and they are a neat fish to watch

[dunl]

Good to know, thanks.

[BlueWorldAquatic]

Originally Posted by hound96

imo lawnmower blenny is the way to go and they are a neat fish to watch

They are touch and go sometimes. Can become agressive towars other fish also. I had a LB in my 65 for the longest time, but didn't like long HA, had to be trimmed short before he touched it.

I found my Dragon Goby (black barred goby) would teal long HA off the rocks, they work doube douty as sand sifters too. Only bad if you have corals as they like to drop sand everywhere.


Ken

[imcosmokramer]

make sure your params are in check too.

[szymek]

if your tank is cycling then some algae here and there is ok - well I wouldn't sweat about it. Maybe start running GFO to get rid of any phosphates that can be leaching from rocks.

If you have DSB - get yourself some nassarious (they're amzing for mixing up substrate and if something small dies in your tank... they will take care of it in no time)

Other than that my fav snails are: Turbos (good for turf algae) but can be little bulldozers if your corals are not mounted to the rocks. Astrea (good all around). Cerith (good for detritus in your tank).

Those are my 3 fav snails that do amazing job in the tank.