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Predator Reef Clean Up Crew

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by stew, Feb 11, 2010.

  1. Feb 11, 2010 #1
    stew Ankeny, IA

    stew Well-Known ReefKeeper GIRS Member

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    I've been informed that I'm keeping my Picasso Trigger.  This guy is a very messy eater so I need something to act as a clean up crew.  What kind of cleaners can I use that won't also become an appetizer?
     
  2. Feb 11, 2010 #2
    phishcrazee Riverside

    phishcrazee Experienced Reefkeeper

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    Brittle starfish?
     
  3. Feb 11, 2010 #3
    stew Ankeny, IA

    stew Well-Known ReefKeeper GIRS Member

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    I asked at Seascapes and they weren't too optimistic about a starfish so I thought I'd see what real world reefers think.
     
  4. Feb 11, 2010 #4
    adampottebaum

    adampottebaum Experienced Reefkeeper GIRS Member

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    Yea I'm pretty sure it would tear apart any starfish. I would try urchins, probably the longspines.
     
  5. Feb 11, 2010 #5
    FlyingMoray Minburn, IA

    FlyingMoray Experienced Reefkeeper

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    Get a big hermit. Thats what I had and no fish will mess with them. I can't remember their name but they aren't reef safe.
     
  6. Feb 11, 2010 #6
    adampottebaum

    adampottebaum Experienced Reefkeeper GIRS Member

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    I had a friend with a predator tank that bought one of the big crabs thinking the same thing, within a week his trigger had eaten it.
     
  7. Feb 11, 2010 #7
    Foo

    Foo Well-Known ReefKeeper

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    You are the clean-up crew. /DesktopModules/ActiveForums/themes/_default/emoticons/smile.gif
     
  8. Feb 11, 2010 #8
    phishcrazee Riverside

    phishcrazee Experienced Reefkeeper

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    Lol /DesktopModules/ActiveForums/themes/_default/emoticons/laugh.gif
     
  9. Feb 11, 2010 #9
    stew Ankeny, IA

    stew Well-Known ReefKeeper GIRS Member

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    That's what I figured.  How about hawkfish or something similar that might be able to hold it's own.  I know it won't clean up everything but it might at least take care of some of the leftovers - this guy is messy and if the chunks are too small he ignores them.  Not sure if it's possible to spoil a fish but this guy sure acts like it.  [​IMG]
     
  10. Feb 11, 2010 #10
    matt1971 Waterloo

    matt1971 Well-Known ReefKeeper

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    A bamboo shark- bottom feeder.
     
  11. Feb 11, 2010 #11
    wolfman1973

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    just through a bunch of hermits in there,they can be pretty cheap,good food,and a few will survive,buy more!
     

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