Here's the story. I have a coral/invert QT set up. The coral plugs are just sitting in some egg crate which is on some PVC legs. Nothing is glued to anything. That is, the egg crate is secured to the legs, but the rack itself is light enough that even a strong power head can blow it around.
I currently have a few hermit crabs and a snail in the tank. But I'm looking for something that can swim (as opposed to climb) to the corals and keep them clean since they're developing some algae, which I think, may be part of their issues.
My thoughts are some kind of a shrimp, but there's so many out there that I'm having trouble figuring out which shrimp will actively keep the frags clean of algae and other potential bugs but at the same time not actually pick at the corals themselves. Something "reef safe, as long as it's fed well' isn't an issue. Of all the tank issues I've had over the years, underfeeding isn't one of them.
I'm in the middle of, what I think is, a diatom bloom, so I plan to run to the LFS today to pick up a couple more trochus snails (and maybe another one or two crabs) anyway. I'm thinking of grabbing a shrimp or two as well. But I'm looking for ideas.
Couple things to consider.
-It's a bare bottom tank. There's rocks to climb on, but no sand, just glass*
-I'm trying as much as possible to keep this tank strictly coral/invert only. Just to reduce the possibility of introducing fish diseases into the DT by way of the reef QT.
-Again, nothing really held down. So I'm looking for either things that won't terrorize the tank (as much as I really want a Tuxedo Urchin) or, I suppose, some ideas on how to keep things from getting pushed around while still being able to move the frags around as necessary....I bet I could superglue the pvc to the glass bottom...that might keep it from getting pushed around.
*That's another thing, I've been meaning to get another big rock or two and break it up into pieces to scatter on the bottom. Still not sand, but at least the crabs won't get blown around on the glass.
So you can see the general layout of the tank, there's a quick picture of how it's set up. This is during a diatom(?) bloom, hence it being a big foggy.
I currently have a few hermit crabs and a snail in the tank. But I'm looking for something that can swim (as opposed to climb) to the corals and keep them clean since they're developing some algae, which I think, may be part of their issues.
My thoughts are some kind of a shrimp, but there's so many out there that I'm having trouble figuring out which shrimp will actively keep the frags clean of algae and other potential bugs but at the same time not actually pick at the corals themselves. Something "reef safe, as long as it's fed well' isn't an issue. Of all the tank issues I've had over the years, underfeeding isn't one of them.
I'm in the middle of, what I think is, a diatom bloom, so I plan to run to the LFS today to pick up a couple more trochus snails (and maybe another one or two crabs) anyway. I'm thinking of grabbing a shrimp or two as well. But I'm looking for ideas.
Couple things to consider.
-It's a bare bottom tank. There's rocks to climb on, but no sand, just glass*
-I'm trying as much as possible to keep this tank strictly coral/invert only. Just to reduce the possibility of introducing fish diseases into the DT by way of the reef QT.
-Again, nothing really held down. So I'm looking for either things that won't terrorize the tank (as much as I really want a Tuxedo Urchin) or, I suppose, some ideas on how to keep things from getting pushed around while still being able to move the frags around as necessary....I bet I could superglue the pvc to the glass bottom...that might keep it from getting pushed around.
*That's another thing, I've been meaning to get another big rock or two and break it up into pieces to scatter on the bottom. Still not sand, but at least the crabs won't get blown around on the glass.
So you can see the general layout of the tank, there's a quick picture of how it's set up. This is during a diatom(?) bloom, hence it being a big foggy.