Clean up crew? And a question about cleaner Wrasse

[SaltWaterN00b]

Ok I have a 55g tank, about 80-90lbs of LR 3-4" LS bed. What should my cleanup crew consist of? Right now I have the following (clean up) inhabitants in my tank:

20 Nassarius Snails
5 Turbos
1 Cleaner Shrimp
1 Coral Banded Shrimp
2 emerald crabs

I know I need more then what I have but what should I add? Also how well do cleaner wrasses survive in aquariums?

 

[Deanos]

Also how well do cleaner wrasses survive in aquariums?

Cleaner Wrasses have been known to be difficult to acclimate to aquarium feedings. With that in mind, there are success stories, some even by MR members.

More info: Labroides

Excerpt: "Labroides dimidiatus (Valenciennes 1839), the common or Blue Cleaner Wrasse (3). Thousands will be collected today and thousands will die. One out of thousands lives for a year in captivity. Indo-Pacific, east Africa, Red Sea to the Marquesas. To four and a half inches in length. Juvenile in Bunaken/Sulawesi/Indonesia, intermediate phase in N. Sulawesi and an adult, likely for only a short while, in captivity."

 

[House of Laughter]

I would say you need at least a dozen scarlet hermits and about 25 more turbos as well as a conch. Maybe, depending on size, a handful of nassarius depending on how deep your sand bed.

JMO

House

 

[SaltWaterN00b]

I would say you need at least a dozen scarlet hermits and about 25 more turbos as well as a conch. Maybe, depending on size, a handful of nassarius depending on how deep your sand bed.

JMO

House

Sand is about 3-4" deep.

Deanos Thank you, i think i'll avoid them

 

[SaltWaterN00b]

ok picked up 10 more turbo and 2 large cleaner shrimp and also the guy at H2O recommended I get 5-8 blue legged hermit crabs but i didnt get them yet....

 

[ezee]

Noob,

After that passage, I would pass on the cleaner wrasse for pure karma's sake!

E

 

[Craig]

I would take House's reccomendation on the scarlet hermits instead of the blue legged. the blue legged ones have a tendency to kill snails and take their shells.

 

[House of Laughter]

Craig, exactly - and Noob, I would add about a dozen or more nassarius (depending on size of the ones you currently have)

House

 

[Aqua Pro Builder]

ok picked up 10 more turbo and 2 large cleaner shrimp and also the guy at H2O recommended I get 5-8 blue legged hermit crabs but i didnt get them yet....

Don't get the blue ones. They will kill other hermit as well. The blue legged ones are the among the toughest hermit, they survive constantly high temp-I mean high like 90-100F! You need a trigger to remove them in a big tank

but hmm ...... how to remove the trigger when his job is done:tongue1: