Suggestions on clean up crew

[Row-Z]

I have a 72 gallon tank. I am trying to establish good clean up crew. Currently I have 10 turbo snails (do great at cleaning hair algae), 4 margarita snails, 5 nasarius snails, 1 sand sifting star. I had 10 small hermit crabs but couldn't stand their constant bickering so I took them all back and no have a no crab policy in my tank. I have hear diamond gobies are good for gravel cleaning. Any other suggestions? If I decide to go with diamond goby can I get 2? Can I mix with any other goby, for instance yellow watchman? Thanks for your help.

[zero186]

yellow watchman are good at picking the sand clean but i still like micro hermits for the job

[Row-Z]

What are micro hermits? Are they the same as the small hermits? I had red legs and zebras.

[skeety]

sounds like you got a good enough clean up crew already, to me.

JMO

[zero186]

yes they are just small hermits i have had mine for 5 months and they really havent got really big with their shell they are around 1cm but i have had 1 grow to be big he has killed snails for shells but i dont think he was a micro blue leg like all my others since he is green lol

[leveldrummer]

Originally Posted by skeety

sounds like you got a good enough clean up crew already, to me.

JMO

[Mike01z]

Gobies can be hard to get eating in the long run,, I have one thats doing good and eats all kinds of stuff but I do have to target feed which gets old.

[tjp]

For sand sifters I’d get some “the twins"diamond or pearl?
For rock and glass I’d go with “Ben” (red lip blennies)

Ben left some dime sized clean spots on my glass when I had hair, and The Twins are always moving one gulp at a time.


Terry