What cleanup crew (cuc) inverts do you refuse to keep in your reef aquarium?

[austinr_y]

whatcha talking about Willis?!? Hermits are fine.. I got plenty and never a problem.. the rest can kick rocks! Haha.

What type of hermit is that?

 

[Toast]

Crabs in any way shape or form. Had an emerald crab that went rogue and started munching on corals, have a now unusually large hermit who started munching on my caulerpa and snails despite being well fed already. He killed my trochus snail on its first day in the tank specifically, I guess he really liked the shell.
I really love the look of pom poms and porcelains but I don't think I will ever get any..
Crabs are opportunistic jerks :<

 

[Troylee]

What type of hermit is that?

Scarlet aka red leg as far as I know… lol

 

[WalkerLoves_TheOcean]

"If it's got claws, it breaks laws." The only exception to this is my opinion, is porcelain crabs.

 

[Stingerpr]

Some people think certain shrimp pick at their zoanthids and that their hermits are model citizens. While some refuse to have any type of crab in their tank but feel like shrimp are an integral member of the clean up crew!

What about you?

What cleanup crew (cuc) inverts do you refuse to keep in your reef aquarium and WHY IS THAT?

I do not use arrow crabs. In the past they disturbed my corals and fish

 

[d2mini]

EDIT: I need to learn to read better. Ignore below.



Let's see...

Black Spine Urchins
Hermit Crabs
Emerald Crabs (sometimes)
Turbo Snails
Astrea Snails
Trochus Snails
Nassarius Snails
Cerith Snails
Nerite Snails
Brittle Stars
Banded Stars
Cucumber
Pods

 

[cjtabares]

Let's see...

Black Spine Urchins
Hermit Crabs
Emerald Crabs (sometimes)
Turbo Snails
Astrea Snails
Trochus Snails
Nassarius Snails
Cerith Snails
Nerite Snails
Brittle Stars
Banded Stars
Cucumber
Pods

What’s left for your cuc?

 

[d2mini]

What’s left for your cuc?

Ohhh… I read it wrong.
I guess my answer would be NOTHING!! Hahaha

 

[Gman83]

Arrowcrab- freaked me out going after my fish.

Emerald crabs- can't prove it (never caught them in the act) but had a very nice chalice that got eaten.

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Let's see...

Black Spine Urchins
Hermit Crabs
Emerald Crabs (sometimes)
Turbo Snails
Astrea Snails
Trochus Snails
Nassarius Snails
Cerith Snails
Nerite Snails
Brittle Stars
Banded Stars
Cucumber
Pods

I got so confused as to why all those snails and pods were on there and I was about to start reevaluating getting snails again haha

 

[shakacuz]

hermit crabs or crabs in general with the exception of the porcelain crabs, and pitho crabs won’t go in my DT. sump they go!

 

[AydenLincoln]

"If it's got claws, it breaks laws." The only exception to this is my opinion, is porcelain crabs.

What about little blue hermit crabs? They’re innocent and so tiny!

 

[LeDart]

Any crab unless it is an emerald crab, or small species of hermits, I just have too bad of a problem with bubble algae, once it is gone, out goes the emerald crabs.

edited to put an extra 'o' on too

 

[twentyleagues]

Crabs and shrimp. Dont do enough good to compensate for the bad. Sump/fuge fine, tank no way.

 

[ReeferHD]

emerald crabs, they eat everything but algae.

 

[cjtabares]

Crabs and shrimp. Dont do enough good to compensate for the bad. Sump/fuge fine, tank no way.

Is this all shrimp, I have had cleaner shrimp, and pistol shrimp with no issue, what problems can they cause?

 

[twentyleagues]

Is this all shrimp, I have had cleaner shrimp, and pistol shrimp with no issue, what problems can they cause?

cleaner shrimp treat corals that you feed as vending machines.

 

[cjtabares]

cleaner shrimp treat corals that you feed as vending machines.

Makes sense, never had them with corals I spot feed.

 

[twentyleagues]

Makes sense, never had them with corals I spot feed.

The spot feed works until they decide to think whatever food you fed tastes better with coral spit on it.

 

[Cthulukelele]

I've found the only snails my hermits try to eat are the weekend ones. Hermits are goofy, gangly, and weak. Even the large ones I've had would struggle to take down all but maybe dwarf ceriths when they're healthy, and those snails are adept hiders. IMO a healthy top crown snail should never be able to be tipped over by a hermit (even larger reef safe ones like electric blues and halloweens)