clean up crew

[issihavok]

have a 40 gallon tank 4 t5 39w ho light, what do you guys suggest would be a good clean up crew for a future reef/ fish setup.

 

[Gti_Leo]

to start go with some turbo snails and astraea snails (although you may have to monitor them as they can't turn off their shells) trochus snails are a close relitive but can right themselves when flipped over, i have noticed with mine though, they are usually hiding during the day and do most of their grazing at night time.

once you're system has a little more stock to it and is more established you can add some hermit crabs, shrimps, clams and what not, but for a newly started system stick to 5 or 6 snails just to feed on the diatom bloom

 

[issihavok]

awesome great advice thank you.

 

[Gti_Leo]

don't mention it