Diamond Goby making a mess! Please advise.

wartooth1

Member
Hey all.
So I was in desperate need to have my aquarium's sand cleaned. Since the Fighting Conch I purchased is useless and I was only able to find one place that had Nassarius Snails (of which I bought their last 5), a Diamond Goby was starting to look really good.
Well, I got one a couple of days ago and he's great... the sand is already looking nice but there is one problem... every time the Daimond Goby takes a gulp of sand, he kicks up some powder that must have been settled in the grains, which is making my aquarium water dusty and not too pretty to look at IMO.
So my question is, if I do frequent filter pad cleanings, will my filter eventually suck up all the dust and get it out of my tank or will the tank be forever dusty as long as the Goby is in there?
 

bang guy

Moderator
The filter will eventually remove most so that the water will stay clear.
The Goby will remove most of the life from your sand bed though so you may need an additional filtration system. An algae scrubber is a decent substitute for a live sand bed.
 
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