Do I have enough CUC?

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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?

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Should be okay. It's depending on available food for them, algae to eat. Not necessarily nuisance algae but film algae.
 
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.
 

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