Tips for - Cucumbers, Cleaner Shrimp, Hippo Tangs

[Otherone]

Pink Sandsifting Cucumbers - because of the amount of rust algae on the sand/agronite I was thinkin' one of thes guys to gobble it up.

Fire Cleaner Shrimp - to go after any parasites and leftover foods.

Hippo Tang - I've read they are grazing fish that need a constant suppply of seaweed. I was thinkin' a piece of rubble rock with seaweed attached by a rubberband.

Also with the yellowtail Damsel lookin' similar to the Hippo will this cause problems?

 

[jworth]

Pink Sandsifting Cucumbers - because of the amount of rust algae on the sand/agronite I was thinkin' one of thes guys to gobble it up.

Fire Cleaner Shrimp - to go after any parasites and leftover foods.

Hippo Tang - I've read they are grazing fish that need a constant suppply of seaweed. I was thinkin' a piece of rubble rock with seaweed attached by a rubberband.

Also with the yellowtail Damsel lookin' similar to the Hippo will this cause problems?

Not going to be much help on the cucumber but they seem to be very valuable part of a clean up crew.

Fire shrimp should pick up left over food. They seem to be less likely to clean that the traditional skunk cleaner but they may. Make sure it is getting food though.

Hippo tang will eat any type of food that you put into the tank, just supplement with dried seaweed.

Damsels are jerks. You are better off without it, however the hippo should be ok with it as long as the tank is appropriately sized and the hippo is bigger.

 

[FLESHY]

Most people steer clear of the cucumbers...they run out of food, are easily stressed, and create a god awful mess when they die.

Fire shrimp are super nocturnal, and few people see them.

In addition, they are not the best of cleaners. Scarlets are the best, and if you seriously want to see cleaning going on, that is the only choice I would make.

+1 to the hippo tang comments, however I think that WWM stated that hippo tangs diet is something like 65% carnivorous. They will graze on macro's though, and pick at some micros.

+1 to the damsel comments, they will pretty much be mean little buggers to everything. The hippo will most likely ignore it however, and you could keep them in the same tank.

 

[Tb86]

I am a fan of the cukes, pretty commonplace here I know most say steer clear, ive had em in my sump and main tank for 7 months, x 7 and no issues I know it's a short time period but they Get the job done with no issues as of yet