keeping sand clean

[mikey3165]

are there any tricks or tips to keeping sand clean???

 

[dodgersfan25]

decent amount of flow so that no debris can build up in dead spots, and good water quality.............maybe a goby to help too

 

[mikey3165]

any other tips

 

[cd77]

A decent cleanup crew. Crabs, snails help with detritus, algae for instance. Make sure what you feed gets to your inhabitants, not your sand. Slow feeding, turning off pumps/powerheads helps.

 

[agoutihead]

Either a diamond goby, a dragon goby, or a bunch of nausarius snails.

The upside to nausarius snails is they don't deplete your sand bed of all of the fauna like gobies do. Something to consider if you would like to keep something like a manadarin (unless you have a big tank 75+)

 

[thor32766]

love my cucumbers!

 

[Roy G. Biv]

Fighting conch!!!

http://cgi.ebay.com/Fighting-Conchs...7703744QQihZ017QQcategoryZ66788QQcmdZViewItem

 

[SolidDetail808]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10992263#post10992263 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by agoutihead
Either a diamond goby, a dragon goby, or a bunch of nausarius snails.

The upside to nausarius snails is they don't deplete your sand bed of all of the fauna like gobies do. Something to consider if you would like to keep something like a manadarin (unless you have a big tank 75+)

So a mandarin will not be good in a large tank? I was looking to get one of them for my 135.

 

[agoutihead]

No they will be fine in a tank that large as long as you have at leats 75 lbs of live rock in there.

When I said about sand sifting gobies & mandarines, it was in tanks that are 55 gallons or less. I would only do one or the other, but not both.

 

[SolidDetail808]

Well it looks like I might get a green mandarin. I traded my last 2 flowerhorns for a fish and some tank cleaning supplies.