CUC recommendations

[mihali]

I’ve got a 36 gal tank
1 black bar chromis
2 lemon damsels
1 regal damsel
1 Banngai cardinal
1green coral goby
1 algae blenny
1 Clark clown
1 cleaner shrimp
1 conch
2 nas snails
1 hammer coral
3 Kenya tree
1 gsp
1 orange fuzzy mushroom
1 bubble tip nem
A few pulsing Xenia
1 grumpy molting toadstool
1 tiny toadstool
Internal fluval filter
surface skimmer (for oil skim on surface of water)
Strong wave maker
Red Sea carbon
Filter sponge
filter floss
Bio rings
It’s for a 45 gal tank so over filtration
Aqua one led light (fluval sea app controlled led light being delivered)
Fluval heater
A lot of algae on sand and all over rocks
Alk 9 dkh
Ph 8.1
Nitrate 25 ppt
Ammonia and nitrite 0
Phosphate (test kit being delivered)
Dosing all for reef (no testing mag/cal) and salifert coral food

What should I get as a clean up crew?

 

[kevgib67]

I’m going to assume you have enough algae to keep the herbivores fed. 6 dwarf red leg hermits, 6 blue leg hermits, 6 trochus snails, 6 cerith snails, emerald crab, 3-4 stomatella snails ( to make sure you have at least one of the other sex because they will breed) 2-3 turbo snails and a tuxedo urchin. This is similar to what I have in my 32 gallon. Oh, if you haven’t yet start dosing pods.

 

[Uncle99]

A few snail’s
No crabs
Not a requirement

 

[mihali]

Are the Params ok though

 

[mihali]

Phosphate is 0.15

 

[kevgib67]

Phosphate is 0.15

.15 is fine.

 

[resortez]

Besides Kevgib recommendations, which are excellent, I would also add a banded serpent star & maybe a cucumber for detritus consumption. Or instead of the cucumber, a few nassarius snails. A shrimp is always good to consume any leftovers after feeding time.

 

[kevgib67]

Besides Kevgib recommendations, which are excellent, I would also add a banded serpent star & maybe a cucumber for detritus consumption. Or instead of the cucumber, a few nassarius snails. A shrimp is always good to consume any leftovers after feeding time.

I forgot the shrimp, da. I have two.

 

[mihali]

But the thing is my large Clark clown HATES and WILL KILL any shrimp and also most of my Inverts end up dying but I’m keeping fish and coral completely fine and even an anemone (which are known to be hard to keep) alive and doing really well

 

[mihali]

I am getting a dosing pump to dose all for reef and an auto top up

 

[mihali]

Y do u think they keep dying

 

[kevgib67]

Well, it’s not your parameters. Have you been getting your cuc from the same source, have you tried a different one. Is there enough food to support them? Perhaps a icp test is in order?

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

IMO, I would say the tank is overstocked and under filtered, and probably low flow with only one powerhead and you mention lots of algae growing on the sand and rocks. That oil buildup on the water surface and algae tells me you have high doc's. Can we see a pic of the tank

 

[mihali]

Medium flow and no oil skim but I adjusted it to be a filter plus my other filter

 

[mihali]

Turned lights of about 20 mins ago and did water change but will show pics

 

[mihali]

Won’t let me post a pic

 

[mihali]

I’ll do that test icp and see how it is

 

[mihali]

So I’ve had 2 turbos and 3 nas snails die a conch and I don’t think that the Clark killed the shrimp i just assumed that it did cos I saw it chase the shrimp into the rocks cos the shrimp tried to clean the clown I think he just died

 

[mihali]

And now I’m worried to get more inverts because I think I’ll kill them but I have been buying coral and fish without them dying

 

[mihali]

I’ll do a week of keeping paeans in check before I get an invert