Clean Up Crew Recommendations

[UMan101]

Hi everyone,

Looking to order a clean up crew. I don't have anything specific I'm trying to combat so I just want an overall good clean up crew that is reef safe.

Any suggestions or recommendations? Links?

I have a 55 gallon cube

 

[Nixperience]

I like to do about 40% ceriths, 30% hermits, and the remaining 30% a mix of specialized stuff. A few astrea, a few nassarius or conch type snails, maybe a turbo, maybe an emerald crab, a shrimp. Ceriths seem to be the overall MVP in my opinion.

 

[Chris A.]

I like the snails over the crabs personally.
Fighting conch will be your best sandbed cleaner. Also like nix I love the cerith snails, they can go on the glass , sand and rock. Another great snail is the trochus

 

[aresangel]

Longest living snail I have is a bumblebee snail. I love that thing gets everywhere.

+1 on conch for the sand bed. For crabs I have best luck with the blue legged hermits. Had some of those for 2+years while the scarlet legged crabs have only lasted months.

If you don’t glue down your corals I would suggest stay away from turbo snails unless you have a green hair algae issue.


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[Jim Tansey]

Short spine Sea Urchins are a great addition.

Jim

 

[mvallee]

I just got done watching this video, Week 23: Reef tank clean-up crews: 40 or 400? | 52 Weeks of Reefing #BRS160 and found it to be a reasonable no nonsense explanation of Clean up crews and how we all get oversold on what and how many to buy with a couple pointers on what to buy too. I am going through parts of the series now and just finished this one and learned a lot

 

[UMan101]

Thanks everyone! I really appreciate the help