Finally Trying Reef Cleaners

[SloppyJ]

I set up a new nano tank at my office. A 24g aquapod. It's drilled with a 15g sump and a 110g reef octopus skimmer. I've heard nothing but great things about reef cleaners so I decided to give them a shot. I ordered today and asked to have my pack arrive next friday. I have a nice diatom bloom right now and I plan on letting it go a little longer to give the crew something to get started on. The cycle has been going for around 5 weeks. The tank will have 4-5 fish and will be used mostly as a coral growout tank. I have about 15lb of live rock in there to maximize sandbed space for my coral.

Here is my order:

20 Dwarf Cerith
10 Florida Cerith
15 Nerites
10 Nassarius
10 Blue Leg Crabs
2 Scarlet Reef Hermits

Probably a little overkill but I plan on feeding heavily since I have such a huge skimmer. I will be posting pictures of my tank before, during and after.

Thanks!

 

[e.litvin]

Never had any problems with reef cleaners, great stuff and great pricing! Good luck with the tank :clap2:

 

[fragmatic]

You will not have problems with Reef Cleaners. I like your thinking process. However, I would add about 10 more pounds of LR, some of it can be down on the bed.

I too am in the feed heavy camp... it works, but IMO it also reinforces/dictates the need for the additional LR. ... housing for the masses of bacteria you are going to be nurturing... thus the magic!

 

[SloppyJ]

I will eventually be adding rock when I place coral in. But probably not that much. Here is a picture of how it sits now.

 

[SloppyJ]

The first is from yesterday. The second pic is from when i set it up a while back to give you a scale.

 

[SloppyJ]

So far I am extremely impressed with the customer service. I got an email from John about 15 min after placing my order. He thanked me and confirmed my shipping times.

 

[larangcon]

Can't go wrong with Reef Cleaners, doing the right thing, planning ahead...

 

[dougers31]

Just be prepared for approx. 100-200 dwarf ceriths instead of 20;) I like mine as they disappear during the day and come out and do their dirty work at night all the while helping to keep my sandbed clean.

 

[reefcleaners]

Thank you all very much for the kind words! I can count better then that dougers! lol.. Yeah once they get on their routine they are pretty funny about scheduling, not perfectly nocturnal, but pretty close.