possibly overstocking with cleanup crews?

[jamesdno]

hi.. i have a 30gal tank and just added follwing as a clean up crew:
emerald crab: 3
astrea turbo snail-large : 11
nassarius snail: 10
mexical turbo snail: 4
cerith snail: 5
peppermint shrimp: 2
sea cucumber: 1
banded sheimp: 1

and i have 1 clown and 1 damsel.

i'm just worried i may have put too many of those clean up guys..

any though?

thanks.

 

[Deanos]

Food supply will determine if you've overstocked. Not enough food and some will die of starvation/cannibalism.

With the info you provided, only you know the food supply.

 

[Josh]

3 emerald crabs might be too many in such close quarters.

Aside from that it seems lightly stocked, so like Dean said it depends on how much you are feeding.

 

[jamesdno]

i c.thanks guys.. for emerald crab, orded 2 but they sent 3...1 is very tiny though ..maby 1/2 of an inch..

 

[johnmaloney]

seems like too many of the large astreas, if you are referring to the astrea tectas which can grow larger than the mexican turbos.

 

[NYreefNoob]

i have 50+ nas snails, 20+ turbo's, 20+ mexican turbo's problably 10 + other snails 50 + hermits mix of red's blue's electric blue's and halloween's a tiger cucumber. and another, as well as 2 cleaner shrimp, 2 peppermint shrimp 2 type of starfish and a huge brittle star, i like to feed though and this is all in a 50g. i myself preffer to have alot of them and worse case you feed more

 

[nibalm3]

give me one emerald crab.. the tiny one!... :tongue1: