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November 26th, 2008
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| | Fish Mentor
| Suggestions On A Good CLean-up Crew for a 130 Litre SW Tank:)
Hey all,
I was wondering if all you experienced SW experts out there could help me find a clean up crew suitable for a 130 Litre SW Tank.
So far the tank Has 15KG's live rock, 2 black clownfish and 3 green chromis.
Could You Help me out with some shrimp/snails for the tank?
From Matt  | 
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November 26th, 2008
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| | Fish Keeper
| You could look at adding 1-2 peppermint shrimp and some turbo snails, just check on the clowns and the shrimp | |
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November 26th, 2008
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| | Fish Mentor
| what do peppermint shrimp do?
would coral banded shrimp be alright?
Matt | |
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November 26th, 2008
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| | Fish Master
| for that size tank, I would go w/ about 10 ceirth snails, 10 turbo snails, 5 dwarf blue leg hermit crabs, 5 dwarf red leg hermits, coral banded shirmp would be okay its your preference either that or the peppermint, the peppermint is the great nucience glass anenome eater shrimp (my new name for them) they will get rid of aiptasia if you end up w/ it on your live rock either from the rock you have or live rock you get in the future.
I have also some margarita snails in my tank, I love guys, they look so cool! their shells are covered w/ the coraline algae and their bodies are black, it really ads some color to the tank.
One addition you might also consider is an emerald crab, they are nippy at times though. They will eat hair algae, bubble algae, and they are pretty. | |
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November 26th, 2008
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| | Fish Mentor
| thanks alot for the info | |
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November 26th, 2008
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| | Fish Keeper
| Quote:
Originally Posted by steveangela1  One addition you might also consider is an emerald crab, they are nippy at times though. They will eat hair algae, bubble algae, and they are pretty. | adding a emerald crab with that amount of CUC would be mad ,, emerald crabs (mithrax) eat hair algae and bubble algae but if you dont have a supply of food for them they will eat your corals and if you dont have or they finish them off they will turn to small fish and inverts ,, as emeralds eat at night (lights out) they can catch resting fish and eat them ,,,,
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ing cuc is basically a balance so add a few ov each for each problem you have in your tank ,, hermits can be added as they will eat left over food where as turbo snail will eat algae from glass and rock and if you dont have they will starve so add as needed as mentioned before there is no guidelines to cuc if you can sustain food then remove until you have a good balance | |
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December 3rd, 2008
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| | Fish Mentor
| Thanks Alot For The Info. SO Far I Have Algae on my glass but it is part of the algae cycle and i have hair algae.
What would be good to cure these problems? | |
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December 3rd, 2008
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| | Fish Keeper
| Post up parameters and do a phosphate test too | |
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December 3rd, 2008
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| | Fish Mentor
| Will do soon.
Are Skunk Cleaner SHrimp good? | |
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December 3rd, 2008
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| | Fish Keeper
| Quote:
Originally Posted by matt Will do soon.
Are Skunk Cleaner SHrimp good? | yes they are they will clean your tank,rock and your fish ,, | |
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December 3rd, 2008
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| | Fish Mentor
| ok cool. How many should i get for my 130 Litre SW Tank? | |
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December 3rd, 2008
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| | Fish Keeper
| Quote:
Originally Posted by steveangela1 for that size tank, I would go w/ about 10 ceirth snails, 10 turbo snails, 5 dwarf blue leg hermit crabs, 5 dwarf red leg hermits, coral banded shirmp would be okay its your preference either that or the peppermint, the peppermint is the great nucience glass anenome eater shrimp (my new name for them) they will get rid of aiptasia if you end up w/ it on your live rock either from the rock you have or live rock you get in the future.
I have also some margarita snails in my tank, I love guys, they look so cool! their shells are covered w/ the coraline algae and their bodies are black, it really ads some color to the tank.
One addition you might also consider is an emerald crab, they are nippy at times though. They will eat hair algae, bubble algae, and they are pretty. |
My LFS sold me some margaritas as a turbo snail. And I trusted them(somewhat) . I just now found out by you describing them. | |
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December 3rd, 2008
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| | Fish Mentor
| Lucky You Found Out | |
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December 3rd, 2008
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| | Fish Mentor
| I have Decided That I Am Going To Get A Neon Goby for my tank to clean my fish
Should i get 2? | |
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December 3rd, 2008
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| | Fish Keeper
| Hi Matt,
First I would be looking at why you are having the issues with algae.
The hair algae is going to be a real pain to get rid of.
Water quality is the first thing to look at, then lighting.
A lot of the issues people have with algaes is due to the method used to cycle the tank. ammonia plays a bigger role in algae growth / food more than phosphates and nitrates.
For some control with the algae get the following:
Janitor crabs. Clibanarius sp. 10-15 off
Cerith snails. cerith sp. 10-15 off
Green turbo snails. Turbo sp. 6 off
You can get them at OCEANARIUM heres there link http://www.oceanarium.com.au/index.htm
On the skunk cleaner shrimps, have you seen the price of then here in WA, The last one I got was $170.00au. Found a place on line that sells them for $125.00au. | |
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December 3rd, 2008
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| | Fish Mentor
| Are you serious 170 dollars for a shrimp.
Thanks for that link ill check it out. | |
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March 11th, 2009
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| | Fish Bum
| hmmm i was told to do 5snails per gallon of water....all i know is i got a load of snails 300really small ones and 100 periwinkles then 62hermit crabs, mixture between zebra, blue, and red leg'd.....maybe i have too many LOL.....cuz i do wana get some shrimp one day.... | |
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March 26th, 2009
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| | Fish Lore Newbie
| Id say some turbo snails, pep. shrimp, coral banded shrimp, ..... the turbo snails will def. help ALOT!! They are all usually only a few bucks. | |
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March 26th, 2009
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| | Fish Lore Newbie
| I can get skunk cl. shrimp for like 20 bucks if that. Where are you paying 170 bucks!!?? WoWWWWW.!!! | |
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March 26th, 2009
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| | Fish Lore Newbie
| No don't ever usually go with 2 gobies of the same type. | |
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