Do I have enough CUC?

jalewis

Community Member
View Badges
Joined
Feb 10, 2020
Messages
28
Reaction score
33
Location
Pittsburgh, PA
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
I have an Aquatop Recife Eco 40 gal AIO tank that's almost 2 months into the cycle. I have 2 clowns, 1 dottyback, 3 Nassarius snails, 3 Turbo Grazer snails, 2 emerald green crabs and 2 camelback shrimp. I will be adding some corals and a few more fish eventually. Goal is to be a mixed reef system. Question is do I have enough CUC right now? Should I add a few more snails or something else?

Thanks.
 

Flippers4pups

Fins up since 1993
View Badges
Joined
Jun 21, 2016
Messages
18,495
Reaction score
44,503
Location
Lake Saint Louis, Mo
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
Should be okay. It's depending on available food for them, algae to eat. Not necessarily nuisance algae but film algae.
 

Kycelium

Community Member
View Badges
Joined
Jul 18, 2020
Messages
37
Reaction score
52
Location
Phoenix
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
Like Flipper said, it sounds like it is good enough. It all just depends on if they have enough to eat in the tank. I personally would rather keep a slightly smaller clean up crew than others. I have overdone it and had too many members of the crew and had some crabs eat snails once they've run out of food, and even had some members starve and die in the tank.
 

TOP 10 Trending Threads

ARE YOU READY TO CONFESS TO CRAZIEST, DUMBEST, FUNNIEST THING YOU’VE EVER DONE IN REEFING?

  • Yeah, I'll confess! (Share your story in the comments!)

    Votes: 9 64.3%
  • Nah, I'll keep mine a secret...(Don't be like that, share with the class!)

    Votes: 5 35.7%
Back
Top
Home
Post thread…
Market
What's new