[Davisjm04]

I am looking to establish a diversified and well rounded group of cleaners for my 125 reef. I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions on what/how many critters would make a nice cleaner package?

[RyanG]

If you have constant CA levels and live sand, I would go with nassarius snails, I have those and turbo's and my tank is sparkling clean.

I have 5 nassarius snails running in my 75, and 4 turbos. I don't trust crabs with my corals, thats why I opted not to get crabs.

You could get 9 or nassarius snails, and 7-8 turbos and be fine. There is no need to get all these huge reef cleaning packages you see online with starfish, etc. However some do and get really good results, so it's personal preference.

[Davisjm04]

thanks a lot!

[SeaBoy]

yes snails are always a good choice, mexican turbo snails, bali sea monsters do well with any hair or slimy growth, lettuce nudibranchs are also a good all around algea eater, buying live arthopods and copepods will also help keep down organic mattter or detritus.

[dphilbert]

Nassarius and Turbos for sure. I have 8 nassarius in a 20 gallon and they're cool they burst out of the sand when I feed my fish and go great lengths to eat all uneaten food. Also, get some BIG turbos, like as close to golfball size as you can. 8 of those (4 medium and 4 big) in my 20 gal too and I rarely have to use my magnet cleaner anymore. Keep you're "ates" (nitrates + phosphates) low too.