4 Clean Up Crew EVERY Marine Tank Should Have!

#saltwateraquarium #cleanupcrew

One of the key things to keep your saltwater aquarium algae-free is having a great clean up crew. Here, I tell you the 4 CUC I wouldn't be without.

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[ScenOne]

highly recommend the conch and urchin, in my 10gallon this is what i keep along with 1 dwarf zebra and a large Mexican turbo. All four of my crew has been alive for a few years

[Nippa]

I cant believe I've been reefing for 18 months and never came across this channel.... Up there with BRS ☝🙏💪

[carloscardenas]

Again great short video!! Thank you from Los angels California

[serenemachine]

Now that's the kind of video I like, short and to the point. Thank you.

[opethmike]

I love the blue tuxedos. I have 3 in my 90 gallon.

[lonestarpatriot]

Love my Fighting Conce as he is a workhorse at keeping my bottom emaculant. Also, not sure what the problem is with Fire Shrimp. Mine is peaceful and does nothing other than go after uneaten food and also cleans parasites off my fish. Add to that that it is much more stunning in appearance compared to just about any other shrimp.

[jonnymbuna]

Superdry = superfly 😁. Great video again

[Reefgrrl]

Love my conch snails! I have 3 and they are workhorses. I’ve tried trochus snails but they inevitably become expensive snacks for the green wrasse so as long as I have him/her, I’m limited in the small-ish snail department. ☹️ I think s/he may also have killed and eaten my trio of red banded cleaner shrimp as they slowly disappeared over the course of a month or so, once s/he got bigger. Having said that though, I do love my white-footed hermit crab, which has gotten huge and is an interesting character and algae annihilator. I’ve made sure to always have good-sized shells lying around the tank for when it needs to move house and so far, it’s been a model citizen. Another great video Alex! 👍🏻👍🏻

[N.M.]

Great Video! Just started into the hobby and they are very helpful.
Which grainsize did you pick for your sand?

[HoBodhi]

What type of conch would you recommend for a nano reef?

[basholthuijsen]

i have 2 hermit crabs in a 16 gallon tank with snails and a cleaner shrimp what do i need to do? or is it not a problem

[eroggero]

I have several cleaner shrimp and a blood shrimp, I was getting ready to put in a green Coris wrasse, I was warned that they will eat shrimp looks like you have one in your tank, have you’ve never had any problems with that or any of the other wrasses going after shrimp or snails

[Emiliodburgos]

Will a cleaner shrimp eat a counch snail?

[PandoraVerbnigge]

I thought they were all very cute. I have a 16 gallon cycling right no and I’m wondering how many of each would I need? I don’t want it too be too crowded and we also have the aquarium near a window so some algae is expected. Any recommendations?

[alexanderseile]

Would you recommend a Blue Tuxedo Urchin for a 26 gal? My tank is about 5 months old with very little algae.

[-Wreckanize-]

Hey Reef Dork. Hope you respond. But I just purchased 3 nassarius and 2 turbo snails for my Nano. My question, will salt water snails reproduce as massively as their freshwater counterparts?

[alaskacosplay]

Are fiddler crabs good clean up crew members? I honestly need some help.

[clinical_caliber]

u literally can’t go wrong with a cleaner shrimp

[gradedcards]

Would you recommend a strawberry conch?

[kuraideus]

Be careful with the cleaner shrimp, they might got to your coral, open their digestive tract to eat the uneaten food, and the might kill them. (Lost a stylophora and a seriatopora colony because of these)