Stir up the Substrate

[emricson]

Hello Everyone,
Currently I have been looking for a fish/star fish/shrimp anything that will stir up my substrate. In the past I had a Diamond Goby and would consider purchasing another one, but was looking for something different. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Currently I have 4 red leg crabs, cleaner shrimp, turbo snails, firefish and a false Clown. So I would want anything that would interfer with them. Also I only have a 29g tank.

Thanks for all the suggestions.

 

[AndyH5512]

I have 2 sand sifting stars, they do a great job and dont harm anything.

 

[mykpoz]

but in a 29g tank you would not want to put 2 sand sifting stars in there...

just a PSA, not discrediting Andy's info

 

[Brenden]

Nassarius snails are a good choice. I also have a sand sifting star but only see him occasionally.

 

[AndyH5512]

ooops, forgot my disclaimer, I have a 120 with 2 sand sifters...LOL

 

[seaham358]

SS stars are nice but will eat a lot of benificial critters in the SB. I would not get one of them unless your tank is 100 gal +. JMO.

I would go with the snails.

 

[emricson]

After the suggestions I went and did some research on the SS stars and seaham I think that I might have to agree with you. I think that my tank is just too small to have even one SS star.

So are there any other critters that I could get besides the SS stars?

 

[ace1uno_00]

Like brenden said.
Nassarius snail.

IMO they are they best at stirring in the bottom.
The go in and out of the sand all day.

 

[melosu58]

I also agree with brian the nassarius snails are plentiful in my tank.

 

[emricson]

OK, I think that I might give them a try. I did some research on them and they seem like a great fit for my tank. Thanks everyone for your help.