Reef custodians

[monocus]

the thing about invertebrates is they breed.stay away from margaritas as they will just die,try some ring cowerys

[Aquattro]

That package is great. A lot of hermits, and a bag of food for the hermits

Hermits will just pick off the snails and each other, except when they're busy knocking stuff over. I have a couple scarlet, and have removed all the others. A couple cleaner shrimp will pick up food all day long, and a pack of snails will take care of algae. Get a few different kinds, for above and below the sand (if you have sand)

[Dearth]

CuC will help big time in cleaning up algae left over food and waste you will find that people tend to be very polarized when it comes to crabs most reefers like snails not all but most do. Hermits on the other hand reefers either love them or hate them.

The package that J&L recommends is a very good package and they will definitely help in keeping your tank clean. I love my hermits as they definitely have personality and the only time they kill my snails is for the shell.

I have found though snails when they die they tend to release a lot of things into the tank and can throw your parameters out of balance. Snails live for an average of a yr and hermits average 3-5 yrs

[jason604]

that amount of snails and crabs just seem way too overkill... i was think just like 10 hermits and 20 sails.. ive also heard that some people only go with 6 turbo snails in a 75g tank and things seem just fine... also i heard of a trick for your hermit crabs to not kill the snails is to get a bunch of empty shells n put them in the tank so the crabs can use them when they grow bigger... also do hermits really attack corals?

[Dearth]

Originally Posted by jason604

that amount of snails and crabs just seem way too overkill... i was think just like 10 hermits and 20 sails.. ive also heard that some people only go with 6 turbo snails in a 75g tank and things seem just fine... also i heard of a trick for your hermit crabs to not kill the snails is to get a bunch of empty shells n put them in the tank so the crabs can use them when they grow bigger... also do hermits really attack corals?

It's actually not overkill if you get too few crabs and snails you would have to make up your CuC with different snails/crab or more fish both of which presents its own set of problems. Some of which might be aggressive to other invertebrates push over coral and/or rock or attack and eat other fish/coral. The package that J&L put out are full of reef safe crab and snails.

Blue hermits and red hermits are considered reef safe and will as a general rule not Touch coral they will climb all over it but not eat it.

[jason604]

what does CuC stand for?

[Dearth]

Another name for reef custodians CuC stands for Clean up Crew