reef safe goby

[alton]

The big issue with sand stiring Gobies is if your live rock sets on the sand and they burrow under it and the rock falls on there head.

[RaceRat]

We just captured and moved our sand sifting dragon goby from my tank to hubby's tank last night. I couldn't deal with him anymore..
He never bothered anything, just made a mess. He liked to pick up sand, go to the TOP of the tank and drop it everywhere!

[tony]

if you have a lot of flow do NOT get a sand sifter

probly the single worse mistake i have ever made with any tank

[coraline79]

if you have a lot of flow do NOT get a sand sifter

probly the single worse mistake i have ever made with any tank

If that is the worst mistake you have made in Reefing, you are a way better reefer than me!!!!!

[medi]

if all you need is something to sift your sand, you might consider a couple of sand sifting stars. I had several in my 110, and they always did a nice job of keeping the sand clean

[tony]

If that is the worst mistake you have made in Reefing, you are a way better reefer than me!!!!!

translation: lucky

my 30 cube is now 4 years old and other than losing an inmate once in a blue moon ive had zero problems with it

[fishforlife]

will the sand stars and/or gobies get rid of brown algea? That is my primary problem.... My water tests come back spot on, but I have this brown algea that keeps popping up...my corals and fish are healthy and thriving, but my sand is a bit yucky (technical term) to look at...

Would the goby keep it a nice white?

[Mr Cob]

I love sand sifting gobies of all types. I have never had a problem with any of them becoming a nuisance by blowing too much sand on my corals.

I also do not have any nice corals on the sand though. The only corals I have on the sand are various paly colonies and green star polyps...basically all of the aggressive growers that need to be on islands

I think that their job duty is of much more value than to not have one. Coupled with nassarius snails they do a great job keeping the sand clean.

[medi]

How long has your tank been running? I have a 12G nano that has been running for about 6 weeks and has been taken over by a "brown" algae. I have been hoping and praying that it is still the cycle taking it's course. Sand stars feed on the detritus in you sand so they are always good to have. also, they do a lot of moving so they stir up the top layer of sand pretty well

[brewercm]

Another good sand stirrer would be a fighting conch or two depending on the size of your tank.