Best clean up crew?

[Reef addict 01]

Looking for the best clean up crew for red slime and detritus.

 

[Flameback Pair]

I got the standard 30 gallon cuc from LA for my 50 gallon and it was too many critters. They ate everything but red slime and left my fireball angel with no biofilm to pick at. I doubled the flow and it got rid of the red slime but I think by now my cuc would be hungry enough to have eradicated it without the doubling of the flow.

How big is your tank and what is the bioload?

 

[Reef addict 01]

I have a 65 gallon with some acans, mushrooms, toadstool xenia, and a couple hammers. a blue hippo tang a fox face rabbit fish two clown fish a yellow head jaw fish a blue dot jaw fish.

 

[Flameback Pair]

I would check out the build your own cuc at liveaquaria.com. You can get a huge variety for $75. I wish that's what i did. I'm taking out my sandbed and wish I didn't have sanddwellers. Oh well I guess they'll be inconvenienced.

 

[Budman's Corals]

Hermit crabs and marine snails for saltwater and reef aquariums
check out here...

 

[Velodog2]

I think I've tried every snail available, and a wide range of hermit species as well, many of whom were advertised as cyano eaters. Some of both the snails and hermits would occasionally clear off a small patch, but none of them would eat cyano as their first choice or enough to really make a dent. You are going to have to address the root cause.

 

[totion]

I always order from http://www.reefcleaners.org

I usually go with 1 tank size smaller because of the extras thrown in. Always been satisfied with their cuc.

Not sure what will est red slime, which is usually cyano and not algae...