Tank Stocking Questions

[Hong Kongan]

Hi all,


Ive just cycled the tank and was thinking about getting a clean up crew. The tank is a 100 gallon with about 100 pounds of live rock. Now what I dont know is what creatures do I get, how do I feed them and how many should I get. I was thinkin along the lines of 3 shrimp, 3 crabs, 20 snails and others??? Maybe more i dont mind. The tank is gonna be a reef tank so reef safe stuff I think and its is also bare bottom. Another question is i want an anemone further down the track for 2 occelaris clowns. what type of anemone do i get?

Thanks in advance..... I hope


Adam

[wanareef]

I would stay away from the crab - some have been known to pick/eat some of the soft corals. Get a mix of snails - narcious (sp) these bury themselves in the sand and help to sift the sand bed - a little. A rose BTA would be good but only after 6 months or more. It has always been reconmended to wait at least 6 months or more before getting an anoemone.

[LISound]

something to think about.
i went the snail route...only had 5 in a 55 gal.
now there must be over 2 dozen...no kidding.
they reproduce very quickly...

[btang]

you want to add the cleanup crew when you got something for them to cleanup. They will clean very quickly. I added snails, hermits (red and blue legged), 3 bumble Bees snails and one emerald crab. Also make sure you add with them some empty shells so they dont kill each other for shells.

Also have two sea urchins.

[Turlington]

I'm monitoring my scarlet hermit crabs closely and had to take one out since he's liking my starbust polyps very much.