sand bed

fishy head

fishy head

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i had a gold stripe maroon clown fish and it use to clean my sand bed,,,,but i sold him and now my sand bed is turning brown again :mad: .... so what fish can i get that is not mean or agressive that will clean my sand bed,,,,i have a yellow tang, cleaner shrimp, 6 snails, one mushroom, one frogspawn coral, one bicolor blenny, and a chocolate chip star fish,,,,,,,,,,,,, i know that they will eat corals, but i have put him to the test and he has not touched one coral yet, he is also very small. so what do you think i can get :thinking:
 
ophiura

ophiura

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I would suggest you look into the source of the problem...not necessarily what will clean it. I personally do not suggest any fish for this, as most are CONSUMING the desirable critters in a sand bed that will truly help. Perhaps a sand sifting cuke, cerith, conch, nassarius snails, etc depending on substrate. But it is really important to figure out why you are having issues and address the causes while it is still relatively easy to get under control.
 
ophiura

ophiura

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Sometimes blennies can be a bit nippy.
Still, I would say that these gobies are eating the beneficial creatures that you want in a sand bed. Keep that in mind, in some respects, they may make your problem worse.
 
laddy

laddy

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Originally Posted by ophiura
I would suggest you look into the source of the problem...not necessarily what will clean it. I personally do not suggest any fish for this, as most are CONSUMING the desirable critters in a sand bed that will truly help. Perhaps a sand sifting cuke, cerith, conch, nassarius snails, etc depending on substrate. But it is really important to figure out why you are having issues and address the causes while it is still relatively easy to get under control.
Amen, ophiura!
This is a question which appears in the Reef board, as well as New Hobbyist board, and the answer is all the same "it can be controlled by what YOU are doing, not by a 'clean up crew' or fish". What happens when a fish or invert you bought to clean up aiptasia or algae cleans up the intruder you were trying to get rid of, and runs out of food?
 
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