Sand sifting reef safe

[Gza166]

Can anyone tell me a good sand sifting reef safe animal for a 30g? Thanks

 

[Jake337]

I myself am curios. I hate when my sand gets all dirty looking. I'm rocks have coraline and it causes the sand to purple. Let me know if you find an answer.

 

[Gza166]

Sure thing jake337

 

[Jake337]

I know there's San shifting gobies but I'm not positive that they're reef safe

 

[Readingexcalibur]

nassarius snails will be your best bet. I have 5 of them in my 28 cube sporting softie and lps corals. They are constantly under the sand shifting it. They only cast like 3-4 bucks a snail. Liveaquaria sells them in their reef cleaner packs.

 

[Gza166]

Ya I know I was hoping for some feedback on which ones worked really well

 

[Gza166]

They are actually pretty cool to watch, don't know if you seen those gobys eat sand.

 

[Readingexcalibur]

Ya I know I was hoping for some feedback on which ones worked really well

On snails or gobies?

 

[Convict2161]

Yellow face jaw fish, I have one and he's plowing through my sand and my orange spotted goby has made some pretty awesome underground tunnels. The jaw fish is just amazing to watch.

Here's my jaw fish







And here's my orange spotted goby







**Just make sure your rock work is down to the bottom of the tank. Put your rocks in first then the sand. Once these guys start tunneling through your tank if the rocks are unstable it could cause some major issues. My buddy had a tank bottom crack because he put sand first then rock. Just a little helpful tip.

Also these guys are in my BC29


Oh and there are snails that hide in the sand and pop out when you feed so they would be stirring up the sand as well. And then you have sand sifting star fish. All are reef safe.

 

[Gza166]

Thank convict

 

[JustinKBreen]

I have a twospot goby and a sand sifting star. Every here warns against them but so far so good. Have had the goby about a month and a half and the star for probably 6-7 months.

 

[Readingexcalibur]

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=497+526+1133&pcatid=1133

 

[SeanMonster]

I just got 4 conchs and thy appear to be doing a good job too.

 

[Gza166]

On snails or gobies?

On both

 

[Gza166]

Thank you everyone, leaning towards some super Tongan Nassarius Snail and maybe a goby

 

[Gza166]

Will any of those sand sifting gobies be ok with a firefish goby

 

[crister13]

The only thing I would think about is that sand sifting stars and gobies sift the sand, but for the beneficial creatures that live there. If you want a sandbed to help you water quality, I would recommend nassarius snails.

 

[Convict2161]

Will any of those sand sifting gobies be ok with a firefish goby

I would say yes. Firefish goby's are generally peaceful except there own kind they can be semi aggressive.

I've also read that they do better in pairs specifically mated pairs.

 

[Fish noob]

Dragon Goby! (aka banded goby) They look pretty awesome too. Mine is friendly, swims out in the open and is an absolute machine when it comes to sifting sand.

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=15+31+206&pcatid=206

 

[Reyjgd]

Dragon Goby! (aka banded goby) They look pretty awesome too. Mine is friendly, swims out in the open and is an absolute machine when it comes to sifting sand.

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=15+31+206&pcatid=206

Yellow face goby gotta love it just found it sifting the sand onfront of his lil usedto or is cave lol