Redsea 170 cleanup crew

[vostasf]

Hi I’m just starting my redsea 170 and finally got all my last equipment today. I ended up getting a autoaqua auto water change and ato system and a green killing machine uv sterilizer aswell as a Nero 5 which is a bit over kill for a 40g but I want to make sure I have the best possible chances to start. The next step for me is cycling I’m going to be using the brightwell microbacter starter aswell as the microbacter quikcycl. So I’m starting to thing about clean up crew. And am going to be adding that in next few weeks and would like some recommendations on when and what I should add for clean up crew to start?

 

[Fish Fan]

Congrats on the new tank!

Personally, I would suggest using Fritz TurboStart for bottled bacteria. It's the only product that seems to work quite quickly, in as little 2 to 4 days. All others take about three or four weeks, which is exactly the same timeframe it would take if you didn't use a bottle of bacteria, which makes me think, why are we using these products

You can jump start your cycle with live rock form a good LFS or from a mariculture facility such as Tampa Bay Saltwater.

For a clean up crew, I wouldn't add them too early before your tank has some algae and detritus for them to feed on, but I'd suggest that you look to @coralmonsters.judy for your CUC critters. Check this out:
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/cuc-pack-from-coral-monsters-170-shipped.1164242/
Best of luck!

 

[TylerHaworth]

@reefcleaners at Reefcleaners.org has prebuilt cleanup crews at excellent prices.

John is one of the best I've ever dealt with, drop him an email and he will tell you exactly when to stock up.