Who is your major sand sifter?

[drperetz]

Which organism's primary fuction to sift your sand bed?

Pictures Please......If possible.

 

[drperetz]

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I have a tiger tail cucumber......:hug:

 

[Wes]

diamond goby

 

[herman]

2 Engineer Gobies 7" each. They are more like sand movers than sifters

 

[charliethetuna88]

herman i got 2 also they are great movers i bought 3 about a year ago and they are like 8 inches now there is not one spot in the tank that they dont move around they are definatly engineers,i also have 2 dusky jaw fish i love them also ,a sand sifting starfish and conch,oh yeh and 3 cucumbers

 

[emps]

I need to find a good sifter as well. Will I have any problems keeping gobies with my algae blenny? Sites say that the blenny shouldn't be kept with other 'like' fish. Do they mean other blennies or are gobies included since they are similar in shape?

 

[charliethetuna88]

i dodnt think so they are very timmid

 

[duke62]

my fighting conches do a great job...:approve:

 

[Henrye]

I'm the best major sifter using a small rake.It's a lousy job, but someone has to do it, and the ceriths and nassarius don't live up to their reputation. Maybe they posted falcified degrees.
I'm full up on fish, and my tank and sandbed are too small to go with a conche or a starfish, so I'm not left with any good solutions that I'm aware of. If someone has an idea on a difter for a 1" bed in a 24g tank, please give me some ideas, because managing the sand is really a pain.

Henry

 

[drperetz]

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I dont wanna sugest but I have a cuc. and the guy gets into every hole in the tank, meaning he will sift sand where ever there is sand/:Hydrogen: :hug:

 

[SuRFeR BoY]

can a 55 gallon reef with a 1 1/2 inch sand bed support a small sand sifting star? i was thinking about getting one but i may have changed my mind

 

[duke62]

i had a sifting star in a 55 he did well and kept it descent i still think 4 fighting conches will do the job.only come out at night and sifts really well

 

[reefs4life]

In my 75 gallon tank I have a cuke and a sandsifting starfish. I also have a baby horseshoe crab, I dont suggest it at all because they are known to ruin your aquascape as they grow, but right now as a baby it's doing a great job at moving sand.

 

[jtbone68]

Yellow watchman ( not that great of a sifter but some )I just added 1 fighting conch ,and have about 8 nassaius snails in a 65 gallon tank. I also had a sand sifting star but after about a year he melted away.

 

[lola]

noi have an ablenny andgobby no problem at all