French Angel/ Clean-up

joking103 · #1 03/28/2006, 07:08 PM

Hi all,

Hope you can help.. Need someone to help clean the tank. I am concerned the fish will pick at whatever I put in.

My fish:

French Angel med/large
Bi-color Angel (Dwarf)
Hippo Tang
Yellow eye cole tang
Valentini puffer (Dwarf)
Tomato clown
1 Wrasse

joking103 · #2 03/28/2006, 07:09 PM

Alright maybe need to clarify, clean up crew, not sure a starfish would be safe....
Any Ideas???

capt. insano · #3 03/28/2006, 11:51 PM

red starry hermit crabs
LMB
big mexican turbo snails

joking103 · #4 03/29/2006, 07:09 AM

Thanks!

What is LMB?

Turbo snails do they live a while? I got some regular ones they don't last very long at all..

joking103 · #5 03/29/2006, 07:14 AM

Oh and do you think a star fish would be fish food with this group, if not which one?

capt. insano · #6 03/29/2006, 09:18 AM

I have had my turbo snails for 2 years and they are larger than golf balls now.

LMB = lawn mower blenny

you might be able to get away with a sand sifting starfish, but the wrasse, angel, and puffer might pick at it

TAZ316 · #7 03/29/2006, 10:43 AM

The puffer will definantly make a meal out of the starfish.
Your best bet would be a LMB.
James.

johno4 · #8 03/29/2006, 12:24 PM

For cleaning the glass turbo snails work great and can adapt to coming out only at night so they dont get picked on. At least mine did.

For the sand I agree with Capt. Insano in that a starry hermit would work best. Unless you can find a larger LMB it will get pick at. Mine was torn to peices.

joking103 · #9 03/29/2006, 02:20 PM

Nice advice! Thanks a bunch you guys!

joking103 · #10 03/29/2006, 02:29 PM

One more question?? Please. I am having trouble with the Starry Hermit. I am not finding that, does it have a more common name or are they just difficult to get?

johno4 · #11 03/30/2006, 10:03 AM

I believe this is it.

http://liveaquaria.com/product/prod_...cfm?pCatId=617

hope that helps

joking103 · #12 03/30/2006, 02:14 PM

I read the crab may or may not eat my sleeping fish. I had an awful vision of my tomato clown sleeping on the bottom (always) like a baby and then being gobbled down by the crab

Is it very likely for this to happen?