Vacuuming sand....

[angiorn]

Hi All, still a relative newbie. I have a 30 gal sw tank with a royal gramma, a gold headed goby, a chromis, a cleaner shrimp, a fire shrimp and snails, both Nassarius and turbo. Do I still need to vacuum the sand or will it harm the clean up crew? Thanks in advance, Julie.

 

[iDream]

No need, the gold head and the nassarius will take care of any sand cleaning

 

[angiorn]

Thanks

 

[uscamaro]

or you could get a sand-sifter (ex. diamond goby) and they'll keep your sand looking new

 

[brian242pa]

lmao uscamaro he has a gold headed goby which stirs the sand up. no need for a sand vacc, thats why i have never heard of one you solved your gravel vacc with a goby just like me lol

 

[Hinds04]

How would you vacuum sand? Might gibe me a good start on getting rid of some hair algae