Is my custodian package enough.

canadawest · #1 03-13-2002, 08:48 PM

I tend to agree that a healthy sized clean-up crew is a good thing, and also agree that more snails and fewer hermits are the way to go.

You will ALWAYS have algae buildup on your glass, I suspect even with a 1:1 ratio of snails:gallon. I scrape my glass once per week to remove the light film that appears.

I would agree that you could probably use more snails, and a diversity of them. Maybe add a half dozen Ceriths and a half dozen Margaritas?

And get ready for algae blooms, cause if you haven't had them yet, they are coming! Mine took 10 months to surface, but wow did they ever!

BCReefer · #2 03-14-2002, 04:33 AM

I have a 33G tank and my custodian package is only 6 – 7 turbo snails and 3 – 4 hermit crabs. Is this enough? I hear that you need 1 crab for every gallon and 1 ½ snails for every gallon. I prefer not to get anymore hermit crabs as I have been hearing that they can get nasty.

I have a little algae on the glass that I clean with the scraper but so far no major algae out break.

Thanks
Patrick