Cleaning crew selection and open to suggestions

[OldManOfTheSea]

OK, its been a while, but I wanted to make a selection to what I might or can get and not just leave it up to everyone else

I located what I can with the free time which was available to me for I need now to move to the next step and make a fish selection for which SPS corals will be last here being that I will not look at add any to the tanks until pass the 5th month of age for the tanks. Now the list below, only snails and hermits will be added to the tanks in the beginning months and the other selections wont be added until a much later date while the tank ages, they will be added slowly. If im missing anything, please do make it a suggestion for me to look into and any comments to the selection you see here, im all ears (eyes)

Fighting Conch(Strombus spp.)
Chitons (When they become available)
Tiger Tail Sea Cucumber (Holothuria sp.)
Edible Sea Cucumber (Holothuria edulis)
Papillate Sea Cucumber/Light-Spotted Sea Cucumber (Holothuria hilla)
Alabaster Worm Cucumber (Opheodesoma sp.)
Turbo Snail Mexican (Turbo fluctuosa)
Turbo Snail (Turbo sp.)
Astraea Turbo Snail ((Astraea tecta)
Red Scarlet hermit crabs (Paguristes cadenati)
Blue-Legged Hermit Crabs (Clibanarius tricolor)
Peppermint Shrimps (Lysmata wurdemanni)
Scarlet Skunk Cleaner Shrimp (Lysmata amboinensis)
Blood Red Fire Shrimp (Lysmata debelius)
Pistol Shrimp (Alpheus sp.)
Indo-Pacific White-Striped Cleaner Shrimp (Lysmata amboinensis)
Blue tuxedo urchin (Mespillia globulus)
Globe Urchin (Mespilia globulus)
Emerald Crab (Mithrax sculptus)
Sand Sifting Starfish (Astropecten polycanthus)
Purple Burgundy Sea Star (Tamaria sp.)
Red Sea Star (Fromia milleporella)
Assorted Marble Sea Star (Fromia sp.)
Tiger-striped Fancy Serpent Sea Star (Ophiolepsis superba)
Fancy Banded Serpent Star (Ophiocoma sp.)
Blue Linckia Sea Star (Linckia laevigata)

MERRY CHRISTMAS
Buddy

 

[Scooterman]

That is a lot of stuff

 

[chadmace]

Just a warning about the Turbo Snails Mexican....once they get large they can and will knock over stuff. Mine currently spends his days roaming my fuge.

 

[Snowboarda42]

I edited your list, that was WAY too much stuff for a 40G, and some of it should be left in the ocean.

1x Fighting Conch(Strombus spp.)
5x Turbo Snail Mexican (Turbo fluctuosa)
10x Nassarius Snail (Nassarius sp.)
5x Astraea Turbo Snail (Astraea tecta)
5x Cerith Snail
5x Red Scarlet hermit crabs (Paguristes cadenati)
5x Blue-Legged Hermit Crabs (Clibanarius tricolor)
1x Scarlet Skunk Cleaner Shrimp (Lysmata amboinensis)
1x Blood Red Fire Shrimp (Lysmata debelius)
1x Indo-Pacific White-Striped Cleaner Shrimp (Lysmata amboinensis)
2x Emerald Crab (Mithrax sculptus)

Just make sure you epoxy your corals down and you won't have any "bulldozing problems".

Pistol shrimp shouldn't be considered part of a clean up crew, since they don't tend to do so. Get at least 4" of sand and consider pairing it up with a shrimp goby of some sort, they're really entertaining to watch.

 

[OldManOfTheSea]

Sorry, the tank I will be starting with will be the 180 gal tank and the list is only want im to pick from and not that I will be getting everything just because you see it on the selection list.

Merry Christmas

 

[OldManOfTheSea]

My cleaning crew is now looking as:

Fighting Conch(Strombus spp.)
Chitons (When they become available)
Tiger Tail Sea Cucumber (Holothuria sp.)
Edible Sea Cucumber (Holothuria edulis)
Papillate Sea Cucumber/Light-Spotted Sea Cucumber (Holothuria hilla)
Alabaster Worm Cucumber (Opheodesoma sp.)
Turbo Snail (Turbo sp.)
Astraea Turbo Snail ((Astraea tecta)
Pistol Shrimp (Alpheus sp.)
Blue tuxedo urchin (Mespillia globulus)
Globe Urchin (Mespilia globulus)


And that is possible cleaning crew for I will not have all those cucumbers>


Merry Christmas