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This time of the year , we encounter more algae due to warmer temps and longer days with window light from the sun.
Many of us have various snails and other cleaner crew.
What is in your cleaner crew and Are they doing their job?
Which is your favorite cleaner and why?
My best workers are astrea snails followed by cerith. I have no algae and these snails are always on surfaces and glass, mainly cerith on the glass. I also have a few Carribean blue leg Hermits
Often we have the right snails , but in some cases, algae can grow so fast that they cant keep up with the rate of growth of algae. Also, when we use the term cleaner crew, we automatically think of snails. There are other cleaners , afterall- their name is just that- to clean. Some others are:
Crabs
Shrimps
conchs
Urchins
Starfish
hermit crabs
Many of us have various snails and other cleaner crew.
What is in your cleaner crew and Are they doing their job?
Which is your favorite cleaner and why?
My best workers are astrea snails followed by cerith. I have no algae and these snails are always on surfaces and glass, mainly cerith on the glass. I also have a few Carribean blue leg Hermits
Often we have the right snails , but in some cases, algae can grow so fast that they cant keep up with the rate of growth of algae. Also, when we use the term cleaner crew, we automatically think of snails. There are other cleaners , afterall- their name is just that- to clean. Some others are:
Crabs
Shrimps
conchs
Urchins
Starfish
hermit crabs