Just thinking about the cleanup crew in my new 10G nano...
I'd like 3 red hermit crabs and 1 blue (for the sand/rock and aiptasia), a blood shrimp, and maybe 2 cerith snails for the glass/fittings (heater/outside of filter etc.
Will the hermits cause problems for the snails? And, I do have a lot of brown algae in my sand at the mo, as well as a growing amount of green hair algae on my rock. Will the above be enough to tackle this in my 10G?!
And, I'll scrape the glass down with an algae scraper of course, but what about the hair algae on the rock - as it's liverock, I don't really want to me scrubbing it or messing about with it too much. Any tips?
Also, my first fish is going in hopefully on Thursday. When should I add my cleanup crew? I'd ideally like them to go in very soon to get the place cleaned up!
Thanks
I'd like 3 red hermit crabs and 1 blue (for the sand/rock and aiptasia), a blood shrimp, and maybe 2 cerith snails for the glass/fittings (heater/outside of filter etc.
Will the hermits cause problems for the snails? And, I do have a lot of brown algae in my sand at the mo, as well as a growing amount of green hair algae on my rock. Will the above be enough to tackle this in my 10G?!
And, I'll scrape the glass down with an algae scraper of course, but what about the hair algae on the rock - as it's liverock, I don't really want to me scrubbing it or messing about with it too much. Any tips?
Also, my first fish is going in hopefully on Thursday. When should I add my cleanup crew? I'd ideally like them to go in very soon to get the place cleaned up!
Thanks