What will Clean the Bottom of My Tank
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lion_crazz
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A diamond goby is probably your best bet. They do a wonderful job at cleaning the bottom of the tank.
Sand sifting stars, cucumbers, and mexican turbo snails are all poor ideas. Both the sand sifting star and sand sifting cucumer need very large sand beds. Sand sifting stars usually starve if they are not in a large tank with a very deep sand bed. I would recommend putting them in at least a 125 gallon tank with a 6" sand bed. Sand sifting cucumbers need to be in a very peaceful tank, because if they feel threatened, they can release thier toxic insides, killing the fish in your tank. Mexican turbo snails are not a great idea because they are mostly rock cleaners.
If you are looking for some type of snail, nassaurius and cerith snails are your absolute best bet. They are strictly sand cleaners.
Sand sifting stars, cucumbers, and mexican turbo snails are all poor ideas. Both the sand sifting star and sand sifting cucumer need very large sand beds. Sand sifting stars usually starve if they are not in a large tank with a very deep sand bed. I would recommend putting them in at least a 125 gallon tank with a 6" sand bed. Sand sifting cucumbers need to be in a very peaceful tank, because if they feel threatened, they can release thier toxic insides, killing the fish in your tank. Mexican turbo snails are not a great idea because they are mostly rock cleaners.
If you are looking for some type of snail, nassaurius and cerith snails are your absolute best bet. They are strictly sand cleaners.
alyssia
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Originally Posted by lion_crazz
A diamond goby is probably your best bet. They do a wonderful job at cleaning the bottom of the tank.
Sand sifting stars, cucumbers, and mexican turbo snails are all poor ideas. Both the sand sifting star and sand sifting cucumer need very large sand beds. Sand sifting stars usually starve if they are not in a large tank with a very deep sand bed. I would recommend putting them in at least a 125 gallon tank with a 6" sand bed. Sand sifting cucumbers need to be in a very peaceful tank, because if they feel threatened, they can release thier toxic insides, killing the fish in your tank. Mexican turbo snails are not a great idea because they are mostly rock cleaners.
If you are looking for some type of snail, nassaurius and cerith snails are your absolute best bet. They are strictly sand cleaners.
Agreed.
Lion, you beat me to it!
A diamond goby is probably your best bet. They do a wonderful job at cleaning the bottom of the tank.
Sand sifting stars, cucumbers, and mexican turbo snails are all poor ideas. Both the sand sifting star and sand sifting cucumer need very large sand beds. Sand sifting stars usually starve if they are not in a large tank with a very deep sand bed. I would recommend putting them in at least a 125 gallon tank with a 6" sand bed. Sand sifting cucumbers need to be in a very peaceful tank, because if they feel threatened, they can release thier toxic insides, killing the fish in your tank. Mexican turbo snails are not a great idea because they are mostly rock cleaners.
If you are looking for some type of snail, nassaurius and cerith snails are your absolute best bet. They are strictly sand cleaners.
Lion, you beat me to it!
1fast300z
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Also, using a python hose works great. When the sand begins to go up into the cylinder kink the hose to let the sand begin dropping back down, this allows only the waste to be removed and the sand to remain on the bottom. There is a downside to this however.. benefitial nutrients and small live things may be sucked up that help cycle your aquarium. but if you have a well established tank thats been running for a while I would not be very concerned about it.
lion_crazz
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Originally Posted by nYgel
will a jawfish do wat the diamond goby does? or will it just make a home in teh sand and not clean it?
Correct. Jawfish make one hole in the sand bed, and that is all.
will a jawfish do wat the diamond goby does? or will it just make a home in teh sand and not clean it?
Correct. Jawfish make one hole in the sand bed, and that is all.
lion_crazz
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The diamond goby is much more active, and will keep your sand bed very clean. It is also pretty fun to watch him sift it all day long.
The jawfish is nice if you want a small fish with a neat little behavior of digging holes in the substrate.
The jawfish is nice if you want a small fish with a neat little behavior of digging holes in the substrate.
alvin
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Diamond Goby, here I come haha. Oh yah, can you guys read my other post of my disappearing Pink tip Anemone. It was so nice and i think one of my fish ate it. They just aren't confessing. I think it's my Humu Humu trigger, so i'm probably gonna get rid of it. anyways, your feedback is much appreciated =)
lion_crazz
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Originally Posted by scgator
Not trying to steal the thread, but will a diamond goby and engineer goby get along?
Yes, I have kept them together before without any problems.
Not trying to steal the thread, but will a diamond goby and engineer goby get along?
Yes, I have kept them together before without any problems.
