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fresh 11-28-2006 08:23 PM
sand sifting... I know a beaten topic!!!
 
Hi all,

I know this has been asked MANY times, and even I must have asked it somewhere along the way... However, I do have a sand sifting problem, and would like to solve it somehow.

I have tried the strawbery conches (2) and have tried the nassarius snails (10+), but my sand has never looked very clean!!! Both my conches have died (had them for a year) and my nassarius are always hiding... never get to see them clean...

I need help. Should I try a sand goby? a sand star? a cucumber (i know they can be really BAD if they die)?

I have a 72 gal with 5" of dsp and would like a GOOD sand sifter. I am contemplating going bare bottom just because of the lack of a clean sand bed!

Let me know.

Thanks.

Pan 11-29-2006 01:26 AM
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Originally Posted by fresh (Post 222714)
Hi all,

I know this has been asked MANY times, and even I must have asked it somewhere along the way... However, I do have a sand sifting problem, and would like to solve it somehow.

I have tried the strawbery conches (2) and have tried the nassarius snails (10+), but my sand has never looked very clean!!! Both my conches have died (had them for a year) and my nassarius are always hiding... never get to see them clean...

I need help. Should I try a sand goby? a sand star? a cucumber (i know they can be really BAD if they die)?

I have a 72 gal with 5" of dsp and would like a GOOD sand sifter. I am contemplating going bare bottom just because of the lack of a clean sand bed!

Let me know.

Thanks.
you need a diamond watchman goby.....or orange spotted sleeper goby...i think is the other name, i'm looking for one too...

Bob I 11-29-2006 02:50 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by fresh (Post 222714)
Hi all,

I know this has been asked MANY times, and even I must have asked it somewhere along the way... However, I do have a sand sifting problem, and would like to solve it somehow.

I have tried the strawbery conches (2) and have tried the nassarius snails (10+), but my sand has never looked very clean!!! Both my conches have died (had them for a year) and my nassarius are always hiding... never get to see them clean...

I need help. Should I try a sand goby? a sand star? a cucumber (i know they can be really BAD if they die)?

I have a 72 gal with 5" of dsp and would like a GOOD sand sifter. I am contemplating going bare bottom just because of the lack of a clean sand bed!

Let me know.

Thanks.
Is the bottom of the ocean bright, white, and clean :lol: :question:

Richy44 11-29-2006 03:48 AM
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you need a diamond watchman goby.....or orange spotted sleeper goby
Take a mouthful, swim to the top, wait for Richy( he wants to see this) then SPIT it all over Everything......

I had a orange sleeper..took me about a month to get it out of my tank.

I now like the color of my sand very much just the way it is!:smile:

Rich..........

Coderad 11-29-2006 04:20 AM
I have a dragon goby, he dose a good job keeping the sand clean. But he dose make a little bit of a mess, piles of sand and a little sand on live rock.

andresont 11-29-2006 07:56 AM
I tryed many times to keep sand bed clean and never it was clean! i am going BB or les then 1" of sand next time.
Gobes are mess and they dont clean they sift for pods and worms

albert_dao 11-29-2006 08:07 AM
BB FTW!

LOL, anyway, how deep is your sand?

Edit: Duh, I just learned to read.

Yeah, 5" of sand... Dunno if you really want that thing thoroughly stirred.

fresh 11-29-2006 04:06 PM
Ok, well that eliminates the gobies in that case.

Well you guys are good at telling me what not to get, but what about all the success stories that you want to share with me ;)

Kryten 11-29-2006 06:05 PM
Maybe you didn't have enough strawberry conches for that size of tank. I have 2 in my 24 gal and they do a brilliant job.

Joe Reefer 11-29-2006 06:53 PM
I have had sucess with sand sifting star and conches.


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