zantho
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I was looking for something to help move my sand and keep it clean. I developed some, not a lot of brown algae, new tank syndrome I guess, and have since moved to RO/DI water.
I'd love a goby, but I'm not even sure if I'm ready for one because my tank is so new. I've got a 72g FOWLR, 2 mo after cycle, have 2 very small clowns, 2 small green chromis, 5 small blue legged hermits, and a few turbo and nassarius snails. Not only is my tank new, I have very little live rock and I started with argonite, not LS. So if I were looking for a goby to help sift my sand to keep it clean, what would he eat? Would he eat food that made it to the sand when feeding the fish? I'm thinking that there's not enough little natural critters in the sand just yet to keep him happy.
Do I need to wait a lot longer for my tank to establish before getting a goby that would sift sand? Other recommendations besides a goby?
-Anthony
I'd love a goby, but I'm not even sure if I'm ready for one because my tank is so new. I've got a 72g FOWLR, 2 mo after cycle, have 2 very small clowns, 2 small green chromis, 5 small blue legged hermits, and a few turbo and nassarius snails. Not only is my tank new, I have very little live rock and I started with argonite, not LS. So if I were looking for a goby to help sift my sand to keep it clean, what would he eat? Would he eat food that made it to the sand when feeding the fish? I'm thinking that there's not enough little natural critters in the sand just yet to keep him happy.
Do I need to wait a lot longer for my tank to establish before getting a goby that would sift sand? Other recommendations besides a goby?
-Anthony