I do have a good mix of snails to take care of the algae.
I'm specifically trying to replace CLEANER SHRIMP & HERMITS, cos I'm DONE WITH THEM!!! Really... I've tried all methods to keep them away from my corals but it's such a pain.
Today I spot fed my acans (after feeding the cleaner shrimp well) with mysis and pretty much shooed the cleaner shrimp for more than 30min waiting patiently until the acans completely took the food in... The polyps even opened up after a while and now the cleaner runs straight to the acan, stands right on it, sticks his hand/claw deep into the acans mouth & tries to pull things out!!! He did this like 4-5 times within few hours... I just moved the hermits & shrimp to the sump, I'm done guarding corals!
Back to topic, any thoughts on things that can scavenge for leftovers on sand/rock? Anything that won't bother my coral after feeding...
I do have a big Nassarius snail that does a pretty decent job & planning to get few more small ones.
Any other recommendations? I was planning on an orange linckia sometime soon, do they also clean?
I'm specifically trying to replace CLEANER SHRIMP & HERMITS, cos I'm DONE WITH THEM!!! Really... I've tried all methods to keep them away from my corals but it's such a pain.
Today I spot fed my acans (after feeding the cleaner shrimp well) with mysis and pretty much shooed the cleaner shrimp for more than 30min waiting patiently until the acans completely took the food in... The polyps even opened up after a while and now the cleaner runs straight to the acan, stands right on it, sticks his hand/claw deep into the acans mouth & tries to pull things out!!! He did this like 4-5 times within few hours... I just moved the hermits & shrimp to the sump, I'm done guarding corals!
Back to topic, any thoughts on things that can scavenge for leftovers on sand/rock? Anything that won't bother my coral after feeding...
I do have a big Nassarius snail that does a pretty decent job & planning to get few more small ones.
Any other recommendations? I was planning on an orange linckia sometime soon, do they also clean?