Let's talk about cleaning crews

[albert_dao]

Okay, are there any other people out there, like me, who have tanks that are run without cleaning crews, who experience no noticeable drawbacks?

I've not run cleaning crew for just a little over a year now. I don't have any weird algae outbreaks or excess detritus. In addition, I never have to deal with problems like dead snail shells, frags getting knocked over, or things getting caught in pumps and plumbing.

FYI, 150 gallon SPS dominated reef tank. Live rock and protein skimming with carbon support. The tank is BB. I have just started up on Zeovit, but I have been experiencing the same tank cleanliness for a long time prior.

On the other side, how many of you out there have experienced profound improvements in tank cleanliness with the addition of a cleaning crew?

For the sake of this discussion, I'm going to ommit the benefits of problem solving animals like emerald crabs (bubble algae), peppermint shrimp (aiptasia) and Mexian turbo snails (turf algae) for the reason that these are problems which are introduced, not relative to the condition of a tank.

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