Clean up crew

predator · 12-16-2007, 06:23 PM

Ok guys i need to start thinking about a cleanup crew...

If you dont know i have a 10 gallon intended for a mantis shrimp...

I know of turbo snails, nueis... nomina... newbiean... awww the n snails, blue and red leg herms...

what else is there? how many of what do i need?

i was thinking like 2 of 4 things prolly and then like 1 or 2 of a few more things...

what about star fish or something for the sand? help plz

-me

CollegeReefer · 12-16-2007, 07:44 PM

From what i understand it is extremly difficult to keep other inverts in a mantis tank for the mantis will eat it. Most people that keep mantis tanks don't have a clean up crew. They let the micro fauna keep there water clean. I however have read though that some have kept smaller snail species like strombus grazer with no issues.

predator · 12-17-2007, 06:07 AM

should have said that im getting a spearer... not a clubber... so anything with a shell should be fine...

-me

predator · 12-17-2007, 08:05 PM

Ok ive been soing some research and here is what i think... plz correct me if im wrong...

Turbos: i think they are too big for my tank

astraea: have to flip all the time so i think i will avoid

trochus: sounds good how about 3

nerite: I was thinking about 3, but what is this about then needing to leave the tank

cerith: Diggers how about 2?

nassarius: diggers 3

2 blue leg hermits and 2 redlegs...

what about a star...

-me

Zanekiller · 12-17-2007, 08:14 PM

You could try a blennie make sure you get a large and aggresive one

predator · 12-18-2007, 05:05 AM

yeah he would die...

-me

s13 · 12-19-2007, 10:55 PM

Get some margarita snails. I have a couple in my pea****************s tank and a couple turbo snails in my p. ciliata's tank. You can get blue legged hermits if you want. I can catch these snails locally that do a mean job cleaning some glass no joke, if you want I can send you some when I send you that rubble and chaeto.

predator · 12-28-2007, 10:16 AM

any more input... i need to pick some stuff up i have a bit of an algea issue... im gonna start by doing like a 1/3 stock and add till it looks like they can all be stable...

-me

**Scuba Kid** · 12-28-2007, 12:36 PM

s13, what kind of snails are those that you get? And what kind of algae do they eat? I have some nasty hair algae and green algae on my glass.

**Damon** · 12-28-2007, 01:16 PM

Trochus and turbos would work great, Predator. Only 1 or 2 turbos. Trochus are failry large but dont bulldoze like turbos can. Cerith and nerites will work well. Be wary of blue legged hermits. They do kill snails for their shells. Scarlets, orange, or red legged are more docile, IME. I dont like margarita snails as they dont adapt well for me. If you go astrea, get a few extra because as you've read, they do tip and die.

12-16-2007, 06:23 PM	#1
predator Pirates get all the booty Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Little Rock, AR Age: 25 Posts: 231	Clean up crew Ok guys i need to start thinking about a cleanup crew... If you dont know i have a 10 gallon intended for a mantis shrimp... I know of turbo snails, nueis... nomina... newbiean... awww the n snails, blue and red leg herms... what else is there? how many of what do i need? i was thinking like 2 of 4 things prolly and then like 1 or 2 of a few more things... what about star fish or something for the sand? help plz -me __________________ He spoke with the wisdom that can only come from experience, like a guy who went blind because he looked at a solar eclipse without one of those boxes with a pinhole in it and now goes around the country speaking at high schools about the dangers of looking at a solar eclipse without one of those boxes with a pinhole in it.

12-16-2007, 07:44 PM	#2
CollegeReefer Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Stevens Pont, Wisconsin Age: 23 Posts: 386	From what i understand it is extremly difficult to keep other inverts in a mantis tank for the mantis will eat it. Most people that keep mantis tanks don't have a clean up crew. They let the micro fauna keep there water clean. I however have read though that some have kept smaller snail species like strombus grazer with no issues. __________________ CollegeReefer

12-17-2007, 06:07 AM	#3
predator Pirates get all the booty Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Little Rock, AR Age: 25 Posts: 231	should have said that im getting a spearer... not a clubber... so anything with a shell should be fine... -me __________________ He spoke with the wisdom that can only come from experience, like a guy who went blind because he looked at a solar eclipse without one of those boxes with a pinhole in it and now goes around the country speaking at high schools about the dangers of looking at a solar eclipse without one of those boxes with a pinhole in it.

12-17-2007, 08:05 PM	#4
predator Pirates get all the booty Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Little Rock, AR Age: 25 Posts: 231	Ok ive been soing some research and here is what i think... plz correct me if im wrong... Turbos: i think they are too big for my tank astraea: have to flip all the time so i think i will avoid trochus: sounds good how about 3 nerite: I was thinking about 3, but what is this about then needing to leave the tank cerith: Diggers how about 2? nassarius: diggers 3 2 blue leg hermits and 2 redlegs... what about a star... -me __________________ He spoke with the wisdom that can only come from experience, like a guy who went blind because he looked at a solar eclipse without one of those boxes with a pinhole in it and now goes around the country speaking at high schools about the dangers of looking at a solar eclipse without one of those boxes with a pinhole in it.

12-18-2007, 05:05 AM	#6
predator Pirates get all the booty Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Little Rock, AR Age: 25 Posts: 231	yeah he would die... -me __________________ He spoke with the wisdom that can only come from experience, like a guy who went blind because he looked at a solar eclipse without one of those boxes with a pinhole in it and now goes around the country speaking at high schools about the dangers of looking at a solar eclipse without one of those boxes with a pinhole in it.

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12-17-2007, 08:14 PM	#5
Zanekiller Fishy Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 12	You could try a blennie make sure you get a large and aggresive one

12-19-2007, 10:55 PM	#7
s13 After ye booty Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Pensacola, Florida Age: 20 Posts: 179	Get some margarita snails. I have a couple in my pea****************s tank and a couple turbo snails in my p. ciliata's tank. You can get blue legged hermits if you want. I can catch these snails locally that do a mean job cleaning some glass no joke, if you want I can send you some when I send you that rubble and chaeto. __________________

12-28-2007, 10:16 AM	#8
predator Pirates get all the booty Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Little Rock, AR Age: 25 Posts: 231	any more input... i need to pick some stuff up i have a bit of an algea issue... im gonna start by doing like a 1/3 stock and add till it looks like they can all be stable... -me __________________ He spoke with the wisdom that can only come from experience, like a guy who went blind because he looked at a solar eclipse without one of those boxes with a pinhole in it and now goes around the country speaking at high schools about the dangers of looking at a solar eclipse without one of those boxes with a pinhole in it.

12-28-2007, 12:36 PM	#9
Scuba Kid Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: RI Age: 18 Posts: 4,224	s13, what kind of snails are those that you get? And what kind of algae do they eat? I have some nasty hair algae and green algae on my glass. __________________ Current setups: 1800 gallon koi pond, 10 gallon planted, 150 gallon reef, other FOWLR tanks

12-28-2007, 01:16 PM	#10
Damon Aquatic Naturalist Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Dayton, Ohio Age: 32 Posts: 14,982	Trochus and turbos would work great, Predator. Only 1 or 2 turbos. Trochus are failry large but dont bulldoze like turbos can. Cerith and nerites will work well. Be wary of blue legged hermits. They do kill snails for their shells. Scarlets, orange, or red legged are more docile, IME. I dont like margarita snails as they dont adapt well for me. If you go astrea, get a few extra because as you've read, they do tip and die. __________________ For in much wisdom [is] much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. Member of the AGA (Aquatic Gardner's Association) Member of the IBC (International Betta Congress)

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