Detritus defenders: What critters make up your clean up crew?

What critters make up your clean-up crew?

  • Astraea snails

    Votes: 243 57.4%
  • Cerith snails

    Votes: 184 43.5%
  • Nassarius snails

    Votes: 275 65.0%
  • Nerite snails

    Votes: 95 22.5%
  • Trochus snails

    Votes: 239 56.5%
  • Turbo snails

    Votes: 236 55.8%
  • Hermit Crabs

    Votes: 288 68.1%
  • Mithrax Crabs

    Votes: 67 15.8%
  • Urchins

    Votes: 149 35.2%
  • Other

    Votes: 136 32.2%

  • Total voters
    423

Dude64

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Other ... bristle worm for sure
 

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Bruce Burnett

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I don’t have any crabs in my tank as they are opportunistic and will feed on your snails and even corals.
Besides a couple of conch and various snails I have a sand shifting diamond goby so sand is clean. Have a foxface which helps with algae. Both of these fish were picked as much for being part of cleanup crew as they were viewing.
 

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I also have some Orange lip Conches, they are great workhorses and such little characters! ☺️
Brittle stars are great at keeping crap out from underneath rocks too…
 

A worm with high fashion and practical utility: Have you ever kept feather dusters in your reef aquarium?

  • I currently have feather dusters in my tank.

    Votes: 74 37.6%
  • Not currently, but I have had feather dusters in my tank in the past.

    Votes: 68 34.5%
  • I have not had feather dusters, but I hope to in the future.

    Votes: 25 12.7%
  • I have no plans to have feather dusters in my tank.

    Votes: 28 14.2%
  • Other.

    Votes: 2 1.0%
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