Cleaner Crew Help

[jworth]

astrea and cerith snails are hands down the best snails to own. Both stay small and eat tons of algae. Cerith snails even get into the sand and help to aerate. Another neat option could be nassarius snails. They eat detritus and bury themselves in the sand. They also "glide" across surfaces and have a different body structure so they add a different look.

 

[Ash]

Yeah I have nassarius snails already I think I have 6, I may have a little more. I am def gonig to give the astrea's a try and I will look into the Cerith's. Thanks

 

[Ash]

Well if you guys happen to check this... here is an updated shot of my starfish that I haven't ID'd yet:

 

[BradT85]

Well if you guys happen to check this... here is an updated shot of my starfish that I haven't ID'd yet:

I am still saying its some kind of Fromia Sp. but hopefully others will chime in with more IDs.

 

[Ash]

yeah I am not really positive, I googled them and it looks similar but I still don't see one that quite looks exactly like it. I am pretty sure he started off in Tampa bay before the long cycle of hitchhiking around and eventually into my tank.

 

[jworth]

http://www.saltcorner.com/AquariumLibrary/browsegroupspecies.php?GroupID=210


Lists all the starfish that anyone could imagine and gives info and pictures. This is my favorite reference site.

 

[Wiggles92]

You could try a bicolor blenny for helping get rid of the algae. We have one in my dad's 55 gallon, and it's eating the bad algae like its candy. It also has an interesting personality to it; it doesn't take any crap from the damsel fishes that it shares the aquarium with yet it's never the one that starts any trouble.

 

[Ash]

http://www.saltcorner.com/AquariumLibrary/browsegroupspecies.php?GroupID=210


Lists all the starfish that anyone could imagine and gives info and pictures. This is my favorite reference site.

Thanks for the link, will hang on to that. I went through that entire page and clicked every link.... this was the closest thing I found to mine Nardoa rosea and it still doesn't look quite like it either to me lol. I doubt it's this one. None of the other ones even looked remotely like it.

Wiggles - thanks for the suggestion I ll look into the blenny, I am also going to look into the goby suggested earlier.

 

[FLESHY]

Blennies are great, tons of personality. Tight fitting lid is a must though. Most are found in tide pools...and when they are stressed, chased, or think that there might be better grazing in the tidepool next door, they will ditch your tank.

I lost one because I was gone for the weekend and couldnt get anyone to top off. He must have thought that his tidepool was drying up.

The only good thing about this, is that it makes them excellent aquarium candidates as they are already used to live in a small contained environment essentially.

 

[Wiggles92]

Blennies are great, tons of personality. Tight fitting lid is a must though. Most are found in tide pools...and when they are stressed, chased, or think that there might be better grazing in the tidepool next door, they will ditch your tank.

I lost one because I was gone for the weekend and couldnt get anyone to top off. He must have thought that his tidepool was drying up.

The only good thing about this, is that it makes them excellent aquarium candidates as they are already used to live in a small contained environment essentially.

Huh, I guess I'll have to get a cover made for my dad's aquarium just to be safe then.

The blenny seems to be the boss despite being the newest fish; it primarily hangs out in the filter outputs that are shut off screwy or in various blenny-sized holes in the live rock. He always has his head peaking out no matter where he hides, and he usually pops out to eat algae as soon as someone comes along to look at the aquarium.