Clean up crews are doomed?

[swann]

Hello, Ive been cycleing my 180 for over 3 months now, in hopes to care for a cuttle. One question that came over me is..will my clean up crews be doomed? snailes, cucumbers, stars, ect. ? When I had a Bimac Octo, eventually the snails atleast became lunch...same with a cuttle I'm guessing.

Thanks, Swann

 

[cuttlegirl]

I never had a problem with my cuttles bothering my clean-up crew, the cuttlefish only wanted live shrimp or fiddler crabs.

 

[gjbarord]

You should not experience any problems with those species, in regards to their chance of becoming prey for a cuttlefish. Cuttlefish are very visually oriented, especially when juveniles, so the likelihood of the cuttlefish preying upon a starfish or sea cucumber is low.

Greg (yes, I used starfish instead of seastar, sue me)

 

[shipposhack]

Echinoderms and Cephalopods will usually live in harmony.

 

[cuttlegirl]

I hear a song... "Cephalopods and spiny skins, living together in harmony"...

 

[Animal Mother]

Personally I would avoid any kind of sea cucumber. Lost 13 ponies to a cuke nuke, and it was a "Tiger tail".

 

[Octavarium]

Yeah sea cucumbers seem to risky to keep in a tank...not worth the benefits at all that other animals could perform. Sticky, messy guts all over isnt very appealing either.

 

[Nancy]

Just use an ordinary clean up crew - snails and crabs - as Cuttlegirl mentions, you should be OK with these.

Nancy