CUC help please, what do I need?

[stE26wy14]

So!!! I have around 30 astreas, 5 Nass's, 2 blue legged hermits, a decor crab, a emerald crab, a turbo snail, and I think thats its.
Ik I have too much, so what should I get rid of/sell/giveaway for free?

10 gallon, no gha, normal green algae on rocks, 1 clown

 

[JoJosReef]

So!!! I have around 30 astreas, 5 Nass's, 2 blue legged hermits, a decor crab, a emerald crab, a turbo snail, and I think thats its.
Ik I have too much, so what should I get rid of/sell/giveaway for free?

What's the tank size again? It just has the two clowns right now? How much algae? I think one turbo is enough turbos and you may have to supplement it. The 30 astraeas seems too much. I'd have 10-15 for that cube. Or rather, I'd swap out 15 astreas for 15 ceriths to help with the sand bed.

Decoratoe crab isn't cleanup. Keep an eye on that and the emerald crab for picking on corals. They can eat them up quickly. If you get ceriths, get some extra hermit crab shells so they don't go on a murder spree.

 

[stE26wy14]

What's the tank size again? It just has the two clowns right now? How much algae? I think one turbo is enough turbos and you may have to supplement it. The 30 astraeas seems too much. I'd have 10-15 for that cube. Or rather, I'd swap out 15 astreas for 15 ceriths to help with the sand bed.

Decoratoe crab isn't cleanup. Keep an eye on that and the emerald crab for picking on corals. They can eat them up quickly. If you get ceriths, get some extra hermit crab shells so they don't go on a murder spree.

sorry, ill put that in rn

 

[PotatoPig]

You probably have 15-20 too many snails for a 10 gallon tank unless it’s chock full of algae.

 

[NonstopSoda]

Get rid of like 20 Astreas, 4 nass and get more ceriths like 10ish that should be fine for a 10 gallon. I have 1 Nass, 4 nass vibe ex, 4 astreas, 3 assorted hermits, like 15 dwarf ceriths and 5 florida ceriths in my 26 gallon.

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

Keep 2 or 3 of each and pass on the rest.

 

[stE26wy14]

im back
I figured out algae, its coming from my clowns bathroom
there is a rock that is mainly poop
I am transferring most of my cuc to my new 20gal
so, I am gonna keep 10astreas, all Nass's, maybe, maybe not the emerald crab(might move that to my 20gal), turbo, and both hermits(I think crab ate one)
so what others?
my plan is 10ceriths, and I need more, ik I do
bee snails? margaritas? more? I need diatom and green algae/poop cuc
and conch @robanister

 

[steveschuerger]

So like 5 Cerith
5 Astrea
1 mithrax crab at most
Turbo is probably overkill
That’s it

 

[Imrahilwjz]

In my 90 gallon I had a pincushion urchin and 2 tiger conchs along with some other snails and hermits. They went in kind of early so they always stayed ahead of the algae, but I wound up supplementing them with kombu seaweed ( all I could find at the time) and sinking pellets. The urchin would wrap himself in a sheet of kombu and slowly feed the whole thing into his mouth. All this to say, if you get a conch it will probably need supplemental feeding. (I know, old guys and their stories).