coralreefer
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i need something that will keep my sand clean. if i leave it unmoved for too long, cyano starts growing on it. what would be good to keep my sand bed nice and white? its a 75 gallon tank.
sand sifting creature
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mech-a-nic
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Diamond Goby is a good choice. Great sand sifter for top layer
aquaknight
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Skip on adding something else. Check your water levels in your tank, and your source water (top-off, water change water). Check for phosphates.
Cyano is also an indication of too little water flow as well as old bulbs.
Cyano is also an indication of too little water flow as well as old bulbs.
extinct 1ne
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My Nassarius Snails don't do much of anything. I have heard about the Diamond Goby though.
ugotktfo
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I was having the problem and thought a sand sifter would be the solution as well...it wasn't. I had to figure out why cyano was growing in the first place. I increased my water flow by adding 2 hydor koralia #2's and started using RO/DI water I get filled at Wal Mart since I don't have my own unit. It has been about 4 days and noticeably better, my cyano is almost completely gone.
coralreefer
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its not serious cyano, its just a little on my sand. i think i know what the problem is. my t5 regular bulbs are almost 1 year old. i think i need to replace them. i have plenty flow (vortech MP20 and koralia 3).
coralreefer
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i have 6 fighting conches that do a good job at night. the little bit that was growing i gone now
i use drinkmore water, so its not the water
d-dzel
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Originally Posted by Mech-a-nic
http:///forum/post/3085720
Diamond Goby is a good choice. Great sand sifter for top layer
+1
I added one of these a while ago to my 125g. I had just a couple of cyano spots here and there, nothing major and in less than a week the diamond watchman went sifting through the sand in the whole tank and now it's all nice and white.
http:///forum/post/3085720
Diamond Goby is a good choice. Great sand sifter for top layer
+1
I added one of these a while ago to my 125g. I had just a couple of cyano spots here and there, nothing major and in less than a week the diamond watchman went sifting through the sand in the whole tank and now it's all nice and white.
coralreefer
Active Member
ok, thats what i was thinking. BUT, i have a LMB and im planning to get a midas blenny. would these be compatible?
also, my rocks are resting on the sand. i heard that if they sift the sand, it can cause a rock slide and break the glass. I CANT LET THAT HAPPEN. whoooops. sorry so dramatic
so, can this happen?
thanks
also, my rocks are resting on the sand. i heard that if they sift the sand, it can cause a rock slide and break the glass. I CANT LET THAT HAPPEN. whoooops. sorry so dramatic
so, can this happen?
thanks
mech-a-nic
Member
I have a midys and dimiond goby together fine.
I put base rock in then I filled in sand around the rocks. just push them down into the sand good they should be ok.
I put base rock in then I filled in sand around the rocks. just push them down into the sand good they should be ok.
d-dzel
Member
The whole rock slide does happen. It happened to me but lucky for me the rock that fell was just a piece of a Tonga branch and wasn't that bad. All the rest of my rocks are dug deep under the sand bed so if your rocks are just on top of your sand bed then you might have a HUGE problem with these guys. At least with mine I do, he never stops digging, but thanks to him everything is nice and clean
As far as the compatibility before I bought him I asked the same thing because I want to get a midas blenny as well and I was told that as long as it's not any other sand sifter I would be ok. But I'm not completely sure. I might try it since I want a yellow midas so bad
As far as the compatibility before I bought him I asked the same thing because I want to get a midas blenny as well and I was told that as long as it's not any other sand sifter I would be ok. But I'm not completely sure. I might try it since I want a yellow midas so bad
coralreefer
Active Member
so sand sifting stars are the way to go? how many should i get? 5? 6?
coralreefer
Active Member
i dont have a cyano problem. there are just a few little tiny thin spots of it here and there! ill get 2 stars
nina&noah
Member
I think you should be warned that a sand sifting star will only live for a short time before it starves to death. I had one in my 90 gallon and it slowly started to disapear. It is kind of sad to watch, its arms start disapearing one at a time. Apparently our sand doesn't have the nutrients they need to survive. I'm going to go find the link to my thread when it happened to me.
coralreefer
Active Member
so is there anything else i can add to keep my sand nice and white?