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Post by naclh20nut on May 21, 2009 6:19:32 GMT -5
I have a small spot or two on the bottom that I can not get the right amount of flow to.( too much and sand goes everywhere or too little and I have a brown growth during the day)
What do you have as sand sifters? I have a shallow layer of CC- very fine. Looking for a neat addition that will help with this issue. So anyone has ideas I am ready.
Stars, shrimps, crabs, etc...
I have about a dozen crabs and somewhere between 100 and a million snails(or something that looks like snails) so most of tank and glass stay ok just two spots on the bottom.
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Post by Solareclipsed on May 21, 2009 6:25:08 GMT -5
I bought some nassarius snails and I see them down in the sand alot. I want to get some sort of sand sifting star if they are reef safe.
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Post by ijw on May 21, 2009 20:00:40 GMT -5
I bought some nassarius snails and I see them down in the sand alot. I want to get some sort of sand sifting star if they are reef safe. There are some but I believe you have a pretty established aquarium or they will starve. I was thinking of sand sifting goby for mine. |
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Post by L0S3R on May 21, 2009 20:14:15 GMT -5
i will be getting some ninja astrea snails for mine lol but i already told you that, my sand bed is going from DSB to SSB tonight. not gonna be as much of an issue for me after this
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Post by Solareclipsed on May 21, 2009 20:50:33 GMT -5
Yeah I think I want some kind of sand sifting fish. That would be better I think.
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Post by Solareclipsed on May 21, 2009 21:03:36 GMT -5
By the way I asked Ron about the ninjas and he said they didnt dig in the sand. At least I think those were the ones I asked him about.
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Post by daviddelp09 on May 24, 2009 14:53:47 GMT -5
I have a pink spotted watchman goby. He sifts the sand constantly. but he knows how to beg for shrimp pellets to lol
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Post by naclh20nut on May 24, 2009 20:02:43 GMT -5
Will a goby be ok on CC?
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Post by L0S3R on May 25, 2009 0:39:40 GMT -5
I would say the gobies that dont sift would be ok but the sifters I dont think could live as they would not fit the cc out their gills. Someone should verify that before you take that as fact though.
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Post by ADMIN on May 25, 2009 1:37:14 GMT -5
Sand siftting Gobbies do need fine sand no crushed coral or larger pebles as they can not pass it through the gills.
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Post by cdeboard on Jun 6, 2009 11:48:58 GMT -5
Crushed coral is terrible for a goby. Mine would not filter it.
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