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12-10-2007, 02:08 PM
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REEFLVR
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Oklahoma
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Clean up crew
I need to get a better clean up crew but I'm not sure what to get. I have snails right now. Small narissus type and two turbo snails. I have a 150 gallon tank. I was thinking about some crabs, but I had blue hermit crabs and they messed with my corals. I also like the brittle stars, and cucumbers?
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150 Gal tank,sump, DIY Skimmer, LR,LS
Coral beauty, Clown fish, 3 pajama cardinals
1 b/g chromis, YWG, cleaner shrimp
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12-10-2007, 02:10 PM
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Just some guy, you know?
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: West of Dimples
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I don't like hermits either,.. my favrite 2 memebers of a clean up crew are Certh, and Astrea snails,.. in fact that's all I use,... except for the nazzurious but just because it's cool to watch them come out of the sand at feeding time lol.
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12-10-2007, 02:18 PM
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I've got the REEF rash!
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: New Jersey
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Don't get a green Brittle star the eat your fish when they get big.
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12-10-2007, 02:25 PM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Orange, CA
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I keep a few hermits because they're fun to watch. I'm a big fan of astrea snails. They do most of the work on the rock and glass and I have two tonga fighting conchs to stir the sand. When I do the new tank, I definitely plan on adding a nassarius or two for the fun factor. |
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12-10-2007, 02:34 PM
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Enjoy it now
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Chattanooga, TN
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yeah, hermits are evil. Stay away from them
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12-10-2007, 03:14 PM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Orange, CA
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funny you mention that... even as I type one of my astrea's is getting gang murdered. My wife calls one of our hermits a serial killer. About once every few weeks there is an empty shell and a few fat hermit crabs. I wouldn't keep more than a few but they do add a lot of life to the reef.
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12-10-2007, 03:18 PM
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Enjoy it now
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Chattanooga, TN
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Hermits will knife you if you don't know the gang-signs
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12-10-2007, 03:32 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Cincinnati,OH
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DarthOcellaris
Hermits will knife you if you don't know the gang-signs
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Scarlet crabs are ok IMO. Blue legs are the bad ones as are the red legs.
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12-10-2007, 03:33 PM
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Just some guy, you know?
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: West of Dimples
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DarthOcellaris
Hermits will knife you if you don't know the gang-signs
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And the clownfish are there to finish you off.
Whiskey
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Mr. Jive/Dr. Heckyll
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12-10-2007, 03:34 PM
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Just some guy, you know?
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: West of Dimples
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Danyen
funny you mention that... even as I type one of my astrea's is getting gang murdered. My wife calls one of our hermits a serial killer. About once every few weeks there is an empty shell and a few fat hermit crabs. I wouldn't keep more than a few but they do add a lot of life to the reef.
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 This is why I got rid of mine,.. they kept killing off my Certh snails to take their shells 
Whiskey
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12-10-2007, 03:38 PM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Orange, CA
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I have about a dozen empty shells in the tank so they have no reason to go shell jacking. This has helped a lot. Now, they only kill a snail when they're hungry or bored
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