CUC help

[Teeb]

My tank is getting close to finishing it's cycle (diatom bloom) and I'm wanting to start piecing my CUC together. I know I do not want to deal with hermits in any way shape or form. It's a 58g tank, what do you recommend? Here's my original thoughts:

5 emerald crabs
10 Nassarius snails
4 Turbos
5 Peppermint shrimp


What would you add/subtract to that?

I'm anal about keeping a nice clean sandbed and plan on picking up several gobies to assist as well. I also hate algae on the glass, so I want to make sure I have enough to keep it clean with minimal scraping.

[danny]

lol

[JimD]

Clean it up ya'll...

[Gseclipse02]

blue leg hermits

[Teeb]

No hermits...under any circumstance.

[Crazyeyes]

I would get astraea snail instead of turbo, due to the fact turbos get huge and knock over corals. The astraea can flip them selves over if they land on their side unlike any other kinds of snails and they stay very small in size. The down side is you have to get more of them. Live aquaria has templates of what they recommend in the reef cleaner section that can help you out on your decision as well.

[Teeb]

Clean it up ya'll...

We were just playing....:bigsmile:

[kkiel02]

Ceriths -I would add at least 20 to help with sand bed and glass. I would also throw in a couple nerites to add diversity.

[firecoral3msd]

I haven't had much luck with emerald crabs. Not sure why you need them unless you have bubble algae. Some people say they eat hair algae. I had a tank full of hair algae and the emerald crab didn't touch it.
Cerith snails are good snails to have. They clean the glass, sand and rocks. If they end up on their backs they will flip themselfs over. (That is some thing turbos can't do.)
My favorite sand cleaners are fighting conchs and a tigertail cucumber. They keep the sand white.
Why do you want peppermint shrimps? To keep any aptasia from spreading?