Wtb CUC
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My favorite place to order from is Reef Cleaners. They have custom packages for tank sizes, or you can order individually.
Personally I go heavy towards Trochus snails, and I would suggest that if you can afford them. They are about 4x the cost of an Astrea snail, but they don't flip over so you won't have to dig through the tank putting them back up. In my 165g I have 20.
Dwarf Planaxis snails are often over looked. They do a similar job to a naussarius snail of cleaning the sand, but theese guys go under the rocks. In my 165 I have 20.
I have a tiger and a zebra conch. You could probably do 3 in a 180 depending on your rock work.
I have about 10 cerith snails and about 100 dwarf cerith snails.
I have 10 nausarius snails.
20 random small hermits.
2 Fuzzy Chitons
3 Emerald Crabs.
And then just because I am a dork I have one of about 10 different kinds of snails, just so once in awhile you see a different shell design.
In the next 2-3 months I will add a pincushion urchin, one of the CB Blue ones, and I plan to add 4-6 peppermint shrimp and a pair of cleaner shrimp.
Often overlooked I also added a pod culture to my tank.
I let my tanks run for awhile in the beginning with just the CUC, and I feed the tank like it was stocked. It's kind of fun getting to know your CUC on it's own before you add coral and fish and giving the pods some time to get established seems to help me out over the next few years IME.
Good Luck.
Personally I go heavy towards Trochus snails, and I would suggest that if you can afford them. They are about 4x the cost of an Astrea snail, but they don't flip over so you won't have to dig through the tank putting them back up. In my 165g I have 20.
Dwarf Planaxis snails are often over looked. They do a similar job to a naussarius snail of cleaning the sand, but theese guys go under the rocks. In my 165 I have 20.
I have a tiger and a zebra conch. You could probably do 3 in a 180 depending on your rock work.
I have about 10 cerith snails and about 100 dwarf cerith snails.
I have 10 nausarius snails.
20 random small hermits.
2 Fuzzy Chitons
3 Emerald Crabs.
And then just because I am a dork I have one of about 10 different kinds of snails, just so once in awhile you see a different shell design.
In the next 2-3 months I will add a pincushion urchin, one of the CB Blue ones, and I plan to add 4-6 peppermint shrimp and a pair of cleaner shrimp.
Often overlooked I also added a pod culture to my tank.
I let my tanks run for awhile in the beginning with just the CUC, and I feed the tank like it was stocked. It's kind of fun getting to know your CUC on it's own before you add coral and fish and giving the pods some time to get established seems to help me out over the next few years IME.
Good Luck.
