dirty sand (1 Viewer)

[Guest]

hey guys

so i was curious what kind of creatures you guys keep that helps keep the sand bed nice clean white. ive had conches before and they just end up dying on me

i have a mound of their shells in my tank.

i heard cucumbers do a pretty good job.


can anyone give me some info?

thanks

 

[ShaneV]

Nassarius snails do a great joib, they bury under the sand and come out when you feed the tank. They rarely get off the sand.

 

[djreef]

Cucumbers rock!! And they are cheap. You've got to keep them out of your filter/powerhead intakes though, and you've got to give them places to hide during the day.

DJ
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[Guest]

Just make sure that whatever you get to eat the fish poop, you also get something to eat their poop, and something to eat their poop, and so on.

 

[Guest]

Just make sure that whatever you get to eat the fish poop, you also get something to eat their poop, and something to eat their poop, and so on.

Cucumbers poop clean sand.

 

[Guest]

So has anyone seen a tiger tail cuke at any of the stores?

Nathan

 

[Guest]

A red cucumber will graze your SB all day long. And theyre tough as my toenail

 

[Guest]

anyone have problems with cucumbers dying and letting out toxic chemicals into the water?

thats the only thing i'd be worried about

 

[Guest]

Anan be a risk taker. And if you find one that is a really great color besides black or brown, then tell us and we will get one if it isn't to to long for our tank.

I mean com'on seems everything can either nuke the tank, squirt water on your lights, eat your corals, eat your fish, or bring some horrific plague with it.

Actually they say it will kick over and nuke the tank if a fish picks at it, or it dies of bad water quality, in which case everything else is probably dying also.

Nathan

 

[Guest]

Mikester and Jim, you guys are hilarious.

 

[Guest]

My cuke stays at the water line and won't consider touching the sand.

 

[Guest]

My favorites are from Kosher dills.

Oh wait wrong type of cukes.....sorry.

 

[Guest]

so who has cukes? what are your experiences with them?

which ones are the most efficient eaters and decent to look at

and where can i get some?

thanks

 

[robrog]

We don't have any either, kinda like you and afraid they make nuke the tank. From what I have read the more colorful ones are also the most toxic. I know Fish Ranch had some tiger tails awhile back about 6 wks ago? ( never go there anymore). Kenny has had some recently... I think I am going to still with Nassarius and conch for now. Good luck!

Trish

 

[tedu]

I have a dark gray / black cucumber that I just think is the coolest. He's constantly ingesting / exhausting sand. Have had no problems / no issues / no complaints. Has been in my tank(s) (moved him) for 2 years I think.

Ted

 

[Guest]

I don't have a cucumber, I have one of those way ugly sea slugs, the one that looks like a rock basically. Someone had posted link to them once on here, but I can't even remember what its called.
I know there were 2 different sizes.

 

[Seastorm]

I have a Blue Cheek Goby in my 150 gallon reef tank and he does a great job of keeping the sand clean.

The only drawbacks are that you would need a large tank to support one (as they do grow) and they will eat some of the fauna present in the sand, but again if your tank is large enough this should not be much an issue.

 

[djreef]

You'd be surprised at how efficient, even a small goby, can be at stripping the life out of the substrate of a decent sized system. Of course alot depends on the type, and range, of the goby.

DJ
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