cleaners

My previous experience is a 150 gal tank with blue tangs, box fish, hawkfish, and chromis and clown fish. I also for 2 years raised and bred seahorse with 5 mating pairs in a combined 900 gal system...lots of work. I sold those system to have time to return to school. Now I have time and a...

So i am setting up a seahorse tank and i want some good tankmates for them and some good cleanup crew. I have been thinking of brittle sea stars or crabs such as emerald crabs, sally lightfoot. If anyone can help me out seeing if these will work,some more tankmates and even good ways to care for...

hi i have started a FOWLR tank an would love a snowflake eel as i find them so interesting, are there any suggestions for tank mates, also iv herd alot that u can an cant put them with cleaners so confused as what to do as there messy eters an need something to tidy up???

Hello All, After a few weeks my tank levels are all at 0 and PH is around 8.2, So my next question is what should I add first, a reef keeper package with snails and crabs OR (2) clown fish? Lastly... any thoughts on where to get the reef keeper package? We have several LFS here for me to get...

I have been researching and working on a 55 gallon tank since august 2011. My tank has 40 lbs live sand and 45 lbs on live rock in it. I have a coralife t5 ho light on it with a actnic blue and a 10,000 white bulb in it. I am letting it cycle for 6 weeks( which will be up in a few weeks) and...

Today I've noticed a strange creature hanging out on my rock. It was light brown in color with tree green spots on the back, spots have black and white outline on them. Total body length is about 1 inch, not very flat, kind like a little fat. Who could it be?

What will be the best tank cleaners to eat my green hair algae? thanks steven

I have a big cleaner shrimp in my tank. He is one of my favorite aquarium friends for sure. I can put my hand in the tank and he comes right over and jumps on. he loves hanging out. yup he is a weirdo. lol anyway he harrases some of the stuff in my tank and I think he has to go. I have a huge...

What (if any) are reef safe snails that go well with Bumble bee snails? Any suggestions on the number and types for the clean up crew for a 29 gallon? I currently have 2 Bumble bee snails, 2 scarlets and 1 zebra hermit.

:help: So we just moved to a new house. All the bath tubs/ showers are upstairs. So I decided to clean my 55 gallon tank in the backyard. I wanted to use a soap that wouldn't damage the environment. I chose a soap from "Whole Foods" called "Dr. Bronner's Magic Soap" It has no chemicals...

I was thinking about adding an urchin to my tank but i have heard that urchins will eat coralline algae. Is it worth having them in there as cleaners or will they do more damage than they are worth. Almost all my rock is completely covered in coralline of different colors and i dont want it to...