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Old 03-22-2008, 03:56 PM   #1
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Clean-Up Crew


So what does everyone suggest for a clean-up crew for a 125 reef. Mine has never been what it could/should be.

I have about 10 Turbo Snail, 5 cerinths, 10 astreas, and 5 of something else I forget.
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Old 03-22-2008, 03:57 PM   #2
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I might add I am dying to go to the LFS but don't want their opinion necessarily.
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Old 03-22-2008, 04:06 PM   #3
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I just stopped by the LFS too, but I left empty handed. I'd probably add 10 or so more snails, preferably the turbos.
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Old 03-22-2008, 04:08 PM   #4
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I just stopped by the LFS too, but I left empty handed. I'd probably add 10 or so more snails, preferably the turbos.
I have gotten into the habit of leaving empty handed too.

Turbos are bizarre. They seem to go dormant for 2 or 3 days at a time and then they are active for weeks on end.
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Old 03-22-2008, 04:16 PM   #5
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everytime i go i leave with stuff i don't nessisarly expect to get ....sometimes they give me zoanthids, curl-Q anemone, snails, feather dusters for free....last night i was near them so went and i asked about a price on a zoanthid and he said you can have it....they have a spreading problem. lol
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The other snails I have are nerites!
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Old 03-22-2008, 04:21 PM   #7
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this is a pic with my cell phone and i have had a diatom bloom recently >

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Old 03-22-2008, 04:32 PM   #8
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Margarita snails too??

http://www.melevsreef.com/id/margarita_snail.html

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu...US236%26sa%3DN
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Old 03-22-2008, 04:34 PM   #9
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Sounds like a great addition!
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Old 03-22-2008, 04:34 PM   #10
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Here are some super cheap....http://reefcleaners.org/
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Went to the LFS and picked up:

10 astrea
10 nasarius
1 conch
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Old 03-22-2008, 09:19 PM   #12
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I also have a 125 reef and I buy 40 snails at a time and within a few months they disappear and I buy more. I guess my hermits eat them, and maybe the brittle star too?
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I also have a 125 reef and I buy 40 snails at a time and within a few months they disappear and I buy more. I guess my hermits eat them, and maybe the brittle star too?
I loose one that way from time to time but I only have one crab in the tank and I can't seem to catch him
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Ever hear of a Halloween hermit? He was my first hermit crab, small when I got him. He is now huge and I am sure he is having some nice meals in there, but I can't get myself to get rid of him.
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Ever hear of a Halloween hermit? He was my first hermit crab, small when I got him. He is now huge and I am sure he is having some nice meals in there, but I can't get myself to get rid of him.
That can get expensive! Never heard of one of those.
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