When to add clean up crew?

[Slammed01]

Been 3 weeks and ammonia dropped, nitrates rose a tad. Used livestock and old tank water. When should I add clean up crew and should I add the reefcleaners 54 pkg or start smaller?



Quick Crews : Quick Crew (54 Corner) - Reef Cleaners

 

[kgk]

I'd order something a little smaller. Reefcleaners always seems to ship tons of those dwarf ceriths anyway.

 

[Slammed01]

Those glass cleaners?

 

[kgk]

Those glass cleaners?

Here is what the website says:
Eats Diatoms, Algae, Cyano and Detritus on your tanks substrate and on rocks. Very hardy under normal water conditions. Grows to .75''​Tank Cleaners - Reef Cleaners

 

[Slammed01]

Can I put in my cured live rock slowly? Sure it has die off as it was in a tote with powerhead

 

[Slammed01]

I was going to add a piece or two a week

 

[WindeyD]

I believe in adding CUC slowly as I want to have the appropriate amount to handle the "cleaning up" that my system requires. You can always add more if you have a need, I try not to add anything that my system cannot support. I know there are lots of different methods, I prefer to add my initial fish first and then slowly add CUC. As for the rock assuming you have no livestock in your system I would personally add all the rock that I planned on having and waiting for parameters to get to where I can add my first fish or two. Good luck!

 

[Slammed01]

I added 2 clowns and been good for 2 Days, tests came back 0 for a week

 

[Slammed01]

New test looking good! No water change in 2 weeks due to having our daughter.

 

[Slammed01]

Cycle over?

 

[PatW]

A clean up crew needs something to eat. The herbivores need algae and the detritovores need some food. I would think that you would want to hold off until you have some algae.