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02-03-2007, 12:04 AM
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I am a big fan of the sand sifting star fish... they do a good job at keeping my sand nice and white. Had a goby but got rid of it as it was always spitting out sand on top of all my Zoos and live rock.
Cheers Tyler
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02-03-2007, 04:21 AM
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My sifter is two years in my tank and seems to have done very well for himself. My sand bed is quite deep as well so I'm sure he has plenty to eat. I don't think I would go any smaller then a 77.
You will want to make sure that your tank is well established so he has a good food source. You should be able to see a lot of worms and such up against the glass. They won't eat anything but live food. Hope this helps
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02-03-2007, 08:18 AM
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1bigstud, I would definately recomend the twin spotted goby...They are fun to watch and sweet looking and watching them open their mouths and eat the sand then it filters the sand through its gills...
Kris
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02-03-2007, 01:54 PM
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I have 2 sand sifters, and 2 gobies. I like the sand sifters, they keep the sand bed moving which is nice
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02-03-2007, 05:44 PM
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I have to say I recommed both sand sifting stars and strawberry or lipstick conches. I have some of both in my 230 and they do a wonderful job of keeping my sand white, turned over, and fresh looking. It saves me having to cleam the sand myself or change it once and awhile.
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02-03-2007, 08:47 PM
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02-03-2007, 11:26 PM
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I have heard stories of ppl getting them them to eat brine, or mysid, mine dont yet....I am going to try with some live brine shrimp, and then use a turkey baster and put some near it and maybe it will go for it??
(they are very similar to mandarins) Let me know what you decide... Kris
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02-04-2007, 02:00 PM
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If sleeper gobies have a problem eating, try placing a pellet food like Hakarii, in various places in the sand. It sometimes gets them eating prepared foods. Once started they eat anything. Mine were pigs.
Its doubtful that any of our sandbeds can sustain sifters of any type for long periods, unless replaced by more live sand. They will deplete it in no time. The sand sifting stars seem to be the worse, as they eat nothing else. They will eat all the fauna in the sandbed and then slowly perish, or at least thats what the "experts" say in their writings. Most of them, {the ones that write all the sandbed articles}, are against the use of sand sifting animals, because of the depletion of the critters in the bed, that are required to keep it a "live sandbed". just thought I would add this post for whatever its worth.  I always liked my sleeper gobies, back when I had a dsb.
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