good inverts for cleaning between/under rockwork?

[julianp]

I ended up getting one of the kits from Indo-Pacific Sea Farms. Got lots of snails, micro-hermits, copepods, amphipods and bristle worms. They are breeding like crazy and doing a perfect job. Couldn't be happier.

I had forgotten to mention in the origional post -- there wasn't much life at all on most of the rock as a bunch of it initially went through hyposalinity not long after I got it because I somehow managed to introduce ich to the tank on a clump of macroalgae. Lesson learned -- I now quarantine even macro and inverts for 6 weeks.

Anyway, the IPSF kit put a huge jump on the micro and macrofauna/detrivore population. I've also been blowing off the rock with a cheap plastic turkey baster once or twice per week and it is working wonders. My rock looks cleaner, skimmer pulls out more gunk and nitrates went from a steady 15-20 to 0 because all of the suspended organic matter is fueling chaeto growth like crazy.

Hope this helps anyone else running into the same problem.
-Julian