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Old 07-05-2008, 03:12 PM
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Do you mean lipstick conches?

Sand dollars sound pretty!
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Old 07-05-2008, 03:18 PM
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Old 07-05-2008, 03:19 PM
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Not sure what there called...senior moment, but there not conches and they are snails. All you see most of the time is these little breathing tubes out of the sand. Mine are quite white. I remember eventually.
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Old 07-05-2008, 03:26 PM
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Hahaha yeah, Pepper is quite the supervisor, cracking that whip and all. I guess that makes Matia the obnoxious boss who is always poking her nose where it doesn't belong!

I think you mean Bumblebee snails. I have a bunch of them, but there are bigger ones, whose name I don't know either.
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Think you mean Nassarius snails?

Sand dollars work, I have one, and although it's pretty, don't expect to ever see it. Every once in a while I'll see a lump of sand moving so I know it's still around, but it never comes uncovered - never.

Also hedgehog urchins (I think that's what they're called?) Albert had brought some into Golds back in January-ish. Burrows in the sand.

Tiger tail cuke ...

... and conches.
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Old 07-05-2008, 10:11 PM
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All I've ever had is lipstick conches, bumblebee snails, and a sandsifter starfish. I am oblivious to my other options.

I never knew there were so many options. Thank you!
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Old 07-05-2008, 11:59 PM
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Yes it was Nassarius snails
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You could also use a orange spot gobie. They do a good job at sifting the surface of the sand.
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/p...pcatid=220&N=0

Nassarius snails do a great job as well.
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/p...catid=1133&N=0

You can also get a tigertail sea cucumber
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/p...pcatid=712&N=0

There are a few different fish that do the same job but I would not suggest them. The yellow headed sleeper goby. It sifts the sand threw its gills while swimming up in the water collum and spreading it all over your corals and clams.
And the two spot or signal goby will usually not last a long time. They tend to starve in the aquarium.

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Old 07-06-2008, 02:53 AM
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You guys give great suggestions! I think I want to try for a mix of fish and inverts. Maybe the orange spot gobie and a few inverts, probably snails.
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I have a couple tiger tails in the tank...not sure if they are actually sifting or just grazing on the top of the bed
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