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06-13-2006, 06:00 PM
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Hourly?
 j/k The fact that it's BB probably plays a role. Although, now that my nano has been running for a while, I'm starting to be concerned about my cleaning crew going hungry. Aside from a very light film of algae that grows on the glass, and I assume the rocks as well, there's not much else for the algae eaters to feed on. There is zero nuisance algae left.
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06-13-2006, 06:37 PM
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I have... 4 snails in my 75g, and one hermit crab which I just bought in the past couple days cause it looked neat. All I've had for the past year has been those few snails(I think I lost one since then). I notice they make tracks in the very small film of algae that forms on the glass, but they dont seem to be very beneficial in my system, and I've found hermit crabs to be more of a nuicance than anything, producing alot of detrius and eating little algae. I had alot of hermits and snails in my tanks in the past, with the same result I have now.
Epoxy sandbed with no skimmer, just a fuge.... 1 clown, 1 pajama cardinal, 1 mandarin, 1 orange shoulder tang. Chris
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No more tanks  - Laying off the ReefCrack for awhile!Cheers, Chris
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06-13-2006, 07:00 PM
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 Personally, I could not live without snails. Ok I could live without them but my reef sanity could not. Where would I be without the snails that cleaned up the brown snot after every dinoflagellate cycle? What about when they make neat little trails on the glass that people notice before anything else in the tank? (besides the cleaning magnet that keeps them entertained for hours  ). As for hermit crabs, they're all evil. Even when they're relegated to the sump they find a way to wreck something down there (pump impellers most likely) 
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06-13-2006, 07:32 PM
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Hermit crabs are useless... I got rid of all of mine because they had done nothing for my tank. They were somewhat entertaining though, I had a scarlet hermit that would go climbing up the tank walls digging into the silicone, then get on top of my cleaning magnet and chill out there for the day.... it was pretty hilarious.
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20g BB Mixed Reef // Coralife 150w HQI // AquaC Nano // Koralia 1 & Seio 820 // Jager 200w // AC50
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06-13-2006, 08:49 PM
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Whatever would people mount frags on though without dead snail shells???
Actually .... in all seriousness .... friends don't let friends glue frags to snail shells!! Isn't a snail's death sad enough as it is? We don't need to make it a tragedy as well.
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06-13-2006, 09:47 PM
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Guess I will pull it off then... JK It wouldn't stay anyhow.
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to many tanks, enough time for half Yo Mama's so ugly, she scares people with the lights OFF
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06-13-2006, 10:51 PM
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Too true, hermits just knock things over too... nice SPS being one of them!
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No more tanks - Laying off the ReefCrack for awhile!Cheers, Chris
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06-14-2006, 05:52 AM
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After all the reading that i done , concerning startup of a new system in regards to cleanup crews, i thought cleanup crews were necessary. But are they really necessary? hmmm. Reading thru these threads or post's that u guys have written seems like u don't really need them.Maybe we should have a snail race , turbo's only and watch r-s-car go. Winner takes all . mmm mmm good. ESCARGO's
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