Sand Sifting Star Q

[Bloodasp]

I'm gonna guess your talking about mandarin dragonets, sometimes called mandarin gobies. They specifically eat copepods. You can train them to eat frozen stuff, but it's almost impossible to do so.

[Ryan Joel Smith]

In my little experience i think they are called orange spot gobies. I just bought one (my tank is going on four months) and he has completely sifted all of my sand and is loving life. He will eat frozen food as well as anything that is in the sand. My sand has never been whiter.

[Ryan Joel Smith]

mandarin gobies are a whole different story all together

Originally Posted by Bloodasp

I'm gonna guess your talking about mandarin dragonets, sometimes called mandarin gobies. They specifically eat copepods. You can train them to eat frozen stuff, but it's almost impossible to do so.

No I am not talking about a mandarin gobie I am talking about a sand sifting gobie like a golden head gobie. They get their food from the sand and need fine sand as it must pass through it's gills for it to be able to sift the sand. My new tank will have fiji pink sand in it quite a bit finer just pick some up for the top 1 inch coat.

Bill

[naesco]

Originally Posted by marknash

We've been having an on going problem with red slime algae. we've changed everything in our tank.. got new bulbs, increased flow, decreased feeding.. increased water changes and we are still getting slime everywhere. was wondering about a sand sifting star.. we currently have two koralia 3 .. in our 46 g bow front the tank is only about 4 months old. do you think a star would help?
any other suggestions would be appreciated..

What fish do you have in the tanK?