Hi there, I will be setting up a 160 gallon mixed reef tank. I will have around 17-20 fish in there with 3-4 tangs and possibly a one spot foxface as well as some wrasses. The stocking is a little heavy but I will also have good filtration. I will have a roller mat and a Bubble Magus Curve 9 elite as the protein skimmer. I may or may not add a refugium later on. So, I was wondering what should be the stocking of the cuc for this tank? I was thinking of adding very few cuc as I will be doing monthly water changes and also scrape the glass weekly. So, for the cuc this is what I have planned. As I will only be feeding pellets foods, there won’t be much extra waste but just so that I can feed these cuc and also a goby pair that I will get, I might broadcast feed these foods.
1) 1 cleaner and 1 fire red shrimp. Because they are cool
2) 4 Trochus snails for algae
3) 3 Blue legged hermit crabs only if they will not bother my snails, conch and corals.
4) 1 Tiger conch
5) 3 Cerith snails (only if I do not add the hermit crabs. I may add both as well if you guys can convince me to.)
I will add more cuc if and when needed. But if it is not required then this might be all in the list.
please let me know if this stocking is ok. What should I exclude or include to make it better? Should I add more or less of any of these cuc? I am afraid there won’t be enough algae and left over food for these guys. Which is why I have such a small list. Do let me know! Any help is appreciated! Thank you so much in advance!
1) 1 cleaner and 1 fire red shrimp. Because they are cool
2) 4 Trochus snails for algae
3) 3 Blue legged hermit crabs only if they will not bother my snails, conch and corals.
4) 1 Tiger conch
5) 3 Cerith snails (only if I do not add the hermit crabs. I may add both as well if you guys can convince me to.)
I will add more cuc if and when needed. But if it is not required then this might be all in the list.
please let me know if this stocking is ok. What should I exclude or include to make it better? Should I add more or less of any of these cuc? I am afraid there won’t be enough algae and left over food for these guys. Which is why I have such a small list. Do let me know! Any help is appreciated! Thank you so much in advance!