Who has the best clean up crew package?

[One Stoned Coral]

Who has the best deal for a cleanup crew? 90 gal.

 

[Downdeep]

Give JP a call at www.justphish.com he's got some pretty nice packages and can put together a package for any size tank. Really good guy and great customer service.
Bryan

 

[Anonymous]

It is my own personal experience that clean up crews are worthless. Snails fall of the glass and die upside down. Hermit crabs never eat the hair algae. Mithrax crabs eat what they can catch. I've never seen any of the assorted animals do a better job than a tang, water changes, and a razor blade for keeping rocks, water, and glass clean.

That's just my $0.02 though.

 

[MiNdErAsR]

Snails...a variety of snails such as cerith, astrea, strombus, nassarius, trochus, etc. Tigertail or black knobby cuke too. But don't just dump in a boatload of snails if you don't have enough algae growth to support them. Add a handfull at a time, and more as needed.

Edit: Oops...my bad. Misread the original question. Hope this helps anyway.

 

[fishfarmer]

It depends on what you want, all snails, mix of snails and crabs, or heavy on crabs. I prefer snails and have narrowed it down to several companies.

www.reeftopia.com= affordable assortment of snails, shipping $20 to $30, free box.

www.gulf-view.com=affordable snails, minimum $100 order though, reasonable shipping.

www.ffexpress.com= affordable assortment of snails, pricey FedEx shipping

www.ipsf.com= they have the best snails IMO, reef tuneup or 9 for 99, might be less snails for your needs though.

etropicals comes to mind as well. All these places have crabs as well.

 

[gee_lo]

Garf's clean up critters worked wonders on my tank. I had plenty of hair alge after my live aquacultured rock from gulf-view cycled. There is NO MORE hair alge as of right now, and the critters have been in the reef about 2 weeks. THey really went to town.

The package included mixed hermits and snails. Check it out at www.garf.org .

Thanks,

Angelo

 

[One Stoned Coral]

Thanks for the info. I agree with the critters being a waste of money but im just trying to cut down on the green alge that forms on the glass. Cleaning the inside of the glass sucks.

 

[Anonymous]

Snails are the only animals I have seen not "on strike" in my tank. They regularly clean the glass, then seem to die for no reason at all.

Make sure you get the kind that can right themselves after they fall over. Many of them can't, or so it seems.

 

[fishfarmer]

The best snails IMO for all around rock and glass cleaning would be Tiger Trochus, they are pricier but are TOUGH. They don't fall off the glass and will even shake off hermit crabs. They are hard to find though, IPSF sells them as well as Paragon Aquatics.

 

[Nelliereefster]

I've consistantly received the best and cheapest packages from Reeftopia.

Their 100 small trocus are a great deal. Their mithrax are also good to go. And they offer 100 count small blueleg hermits.

You can get a large volume of critters for under $100. Their encrusting gorgonia and flower anenomes are cool as well!!!