Crabitat housekeeping advice

Please, my wee Sally Lightfoot crab, Little Toot is quite messy. She has her own three gallon tank which I don't like. I will upgrade it in a few months. She does share it with three Pipipi snails. They are great at cleaning up excess algae, but Little Toot leaves a lot of waste to include bits and pieces of her food. I've told her repeatedly I will not feed her until she cleans up the rest of her food, but she always wins. I take pity on her, and I feed her anyway. Is there a companion cleanup invertebrate or fish I could put in with her that she won't eat or should I vacuum out her tank? Please note, she has a filtered tank. Many thanks.

 

never heard of a clean up crew for a crab...usally they are the clean up crew.... also in a 3 gallon tank your choices will be extreamly limited. your best bet is to avoid adding to the bioload and just vacume the tank regularly.

my 2 cents

 

Sounds good. Thanks very much!

 

ever consider a refu/sump for your current system? lightfoot would be glorious there (space assuming)

 

No. I'm new to all of this. Would she have the same amount of room, see out, and climb on her rocks, etc?

 

perhaps even more so.....

 

I looked on Amazon. They are expensive! Very expensive.

 

thats the cold feeling on the burn. a sump can be made literally from any recipient. depends what your setup is, space availabe and motivation....

dig deeper

 

I'll Google aquarium sump pump for dummies then. I'll need simple instructions . Thanks