Scavenger Fish

[svreef]

Get a cleaner shrimp and some peppermint shrimp. They’ll definitely eat all leftover pellets.

 

[fishy408]

Not at all hit and miss actually. Just depends on the species mostly.

which species would you recommend that would not eat the clean up crew (snails/hermits). I know the carpenter type wrasse doesn’t eat them, but they don’t look that nice in my opinion.

 

[H2OPlayar]

There are ten(ish) genera of wrasses which are considered to be reef safe and are commonly available in the trade. They are: Anampses, Cirrhilabrus, Halichoeres, Labroides, Macropharyngodon, Paracheilinus, Pseudocheilinus, Pseudocheilinops, Pseudojuloides, and Wetmorella. More about each genus follows further below.

From here https://www.reef2reef.com/ams/all-about-reef-safe-wrasses-in-aquaria.28/

Wrasse Fish for Sale: Cleaner Wrasse and other Reef Safe Wrasse Species

Reef Safe Wrasses are very colorful saltwater fish that make good reef aquarium members because they can coexist peacefully with corals and invertebrates

www.liveaquaria.com

Pretty pictures here

 

[Bruce Spiegelman]

which species would you recommend that would not eat the clean up crew (snails/hermits). I know the carpenter type wrasse doesn’t eat them, but they don’t look that nice in my opinion.

Among others any of the Faerie Wrasses (Cirrhilabrus) are reef safe, but many require sand. Some are among the most beautiful fish available to us.