Whats your favorite CUC for rock specifically?

[Nor'easter Reefer]

Gonna place an order for CUC soon! I have glass and sand squared away but whats your favorite CUC that's reef safe to really make those rocks shine??

 

[coralboi56]

Trochus snails are my absolute go to. Urchins can be used later down the line too.

 

[ChiCity]

really make those rocks shine??

abalones

 

[56longroof]

Blue leg hermit crabs and emerald crabs.

 

[Nor'easter Reefer]

abalones

Love it :face-with-tears-of-joy:

 

[Nordy]

Trochus for sure. Like a rainbow vac on the rocks. Much more resilient to getting turned upright if they get upturned,

 

[Nor'easter Reefer]

abalones

I had never even heard of an abalone!! What a ugly bugger!

 

[Nor'easter Reefer]

Trochus for sure. Like a rainbow vac on the rocks. Much more resilient to getting turned upright if they get upturned,

I like self righting snails!

 

[Nordy]

I kinda like bumble bee snails too. They get around to what needs scavenged. They are a whelk, which I’m not opposed to in case something doesn’t survive in my tank.

 

[Dragen Fiend]

Trochus. All of mine stay on the rocks majority of the time. Turbos like to be on glass.

 

[Nor'easter Reefer]

Trochus. All of mine stay on the rocks majority of the time. Turbos like to be on glass.

I noticed mine abandoned the rocks pretty quick. Which I almost don't mind.. keeps my frags in place

 

[Nordy]

Recently added Dove snails to my tank. Notice them on the glass mostly at the top of the water column where they feed on particulates that collect and are no longer adrift. Also have a few in my refugium feeding on top of my chaeto that is also growing some undesirable algae.

 

[phillyb614]

Urchin. Smaller the better

 

[civber]

My trochus and abalones are never on the rocks; they’re always on the glass.

 

[skey44]

Red banded trochus snails, tuxedo urchin, turbo snails.

 

[ReefED!]

Gonna place an order for CUC soon! I have glass and sand squared away but whats your favorite CUC that's reef safe to really make those rocks shine??

Trochus and micro brittle stars

Nothing else comes close except gold ring cowries

 

[BryanM]

My lawnmower blenny is only on my rocks.

Blue hippo snacks on rocks all the time.

Bumblebee snails are also on the rocks.

I don’t like crabs, not reef safe IME, but they do work on the rocks.

 

[Barncat]

Bicolour blenny, scopas tang (picks between polyps and mows hair algae down to the rock,) tuxedo urchin, blue eyed hermits, nassarius and bumblebee snails.

I personally don't really like most snails plus I'd far rather have fun hermits doing quirky things, doing cute impressions of Mallory climbing Everest hauling their ridiculous shell houses around haha.

 

[t5Nitro]

I’ve got a pencil urchin that solely cleans my 170. He’s a roomba

 

[KrisReef]

I had many limpets but come to think of it, I have not seen one for awhile? :thinking-face:

Got them as hitchhikers.