sand stirring fish ?

[btwk12]

what are the little worm looking fish called, that burrow in the sand? im looking for some more stuff to stir up my sand i bought 20 nass snails and they came very small!

 

[brandonsivek]

Well, there are different burrowing type fish out there, the only one that I can think of that would look kinda like a worm is a Garden Eel, but unless you have a 6 inch or deeper sandbed, I wouldnt do it. There are other things like Jawfish that burrow, but you can also get types of Gobies that Sandsift, which I think would actually help your substrate more. A good one is a Sleeper Banded Goby, but only one as I believe they will get territorial and fight with their own kind. That is my advice, but just wait to see what others say too as I am no means a pro at this.

 

[btwk12]

i was thinking of the jaw fish i knew what they were just couldn't think of the name for nothing! i figure they're not the best at stirring up the sand bed, but i think they're cool. i don't wanna get a goby for one they are jumper's and i have a lot of corals on my sand bed and don't want them disturbed by sand sifting gobie's.

 

[smartorl]

Convict worm gobies or engineer gobies. The convict worms are really, really neat in my opinion and seem to stay a little smaller.
One word of caution. They move alot of sand, alot......and they put it where "they" want it. If your rockwork is tall or not firmly stacked and secured, I would be very careful.