clean up crew for a 125 fowlr?

[Frank N Beans]

any suggestions? it`s my old reef tank and now that i moved everthing from the reef into the new 375g i want to put my fish from my 90 and 30 in there. i have a porc puffer, panther grouper, passer angel, cuban hogfish, clown,humma and rectangled triggers. i know that the puffer will eat small smalls. i was thinking cucumbers, turbo snails, serpent stars maybe some large hermit crabs. whats your opinion? and how many? i`d like to be able to keep the 200lbs of live rock and the 4"SD sand bed clean.

 

[Len]

Aside from what you were planning (which seem fine to me), urchins could work well to clean algae. A bit pricey, but I can't imagine anything getting to the flesh of tropical abalones. Burrowing snails like Tapestry snails could work your substrate without much predation too.

I'll suggest more if they come to mind.

 

[fishfarmer]

I was going to suggest urchins as well, but I think some triggers have the ability to blow urchins over and eat them from underneath. At least thats what I saw on a T.V. special once. I tried some huge turbo snails in my fowlr, but I think my wrasse finally got to them. I still have both my left hand hermits though.

 

[Frank N Beans]

bump

 

[fungia]

i got a detrivore kit from marine ecosystems with lots of bristle worms that do a great job on my sand and rocks. doesnt eat algae though. how about a horseshoe crab? i think they get big though and i don't know if your fish will attack it. triggers are bad boys.