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[nguyen27]

I'm ready to setup my 15gals saltwater FO tank, I been up here reading all the advice from you guys, now one final question, for a 15gals tank, I can fit about 2 small clownfishes in there, if I decide to put in a cleanup crew say like a shrimp and a starfish, does that meant I'm overstocking the tank with the cleanup crew?
Thanks guys, and thanks AA

 

[reefrunner69]

No, inverts do not contribute to the bioload, as a matter of fact they do the opposite, cause they are cleaning up behind your fish

 

[nguyen27]

Cool, then I'll be getting few of those colorful shirmp and starfishes to clean up.
Thankx

 

[srgetz]

Regarding the shrimp, you may want to check with some of more experienced reefers to verify this but I don't think shrimp will tolorate each other unless they are a mated pair....hopefully they will follow up to confirm this...

 

[reefrunner69]

There are some that will and some that won't, would need to know the species before we could say one way or the other.

 

[Wally]

I had a couple of Pepermint shrimp in the same tanke no problem. Careful with the star fish they can usually get pretty large.

 

[nguyen27]

Cool, I'll post before I take any inverts, it sounds good for a small tank that can't have so many fish!
Thanks