Sand sifter (1 Viewer)

[ChrisB]

I need to add something to my tank that is going to help keep my sand bed clean and keep it turned. Any suggestions?

 

[Guest]

What size is your substrate??

 

[Guest]

make sure you get something that dont eat all your pods.

 

[Wildfire]

I have a few queen conchs, and a mess o' hermit crabs. THey keep the top layer of the sandbed turned over nicely.....

 

[Guest]

a dragon gobie will clean the whole tank within a few days.

 

[Guest]

but a dragon will eat every pod in the sand -- sort of negates the reason to have a sand bed, eh?

 

[Guest]

Any suggestions for a smaller tank, like a 38-gallon. A queen conch sounds good, but I am wondering if that will be too big for that tank.

 

[ChrisB]

My tank is a 55g and the substrate is about 3" deep.

 

[Guest]

i have a queen conch in my 20L

 

[incysor]

I've got a pair of nassarius snails, and a sand sifting star in my 75.

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[Guest]

Anyone know where I can get a queen conch from??

 

[incysor]

Anyone know where I can get a queen conch from??

Somebody asked that earlier in another thread.

I saw them at T&T, and Fish Land on Sunday evening.

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[djreef]

Make sure you have enough for one to eat. These guys will starve without enough in the way of diatoms/cyano to munch on. They are bigger than most snails (as a general rule) so their calorie requirements are larger, as well. Remember,too, that they don't do rockwork, so algae beyond where they can go does them no good.

DJ
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[Guest]

Mine do rockwork, even top rocks. I have even seen them cleaning the glass. I have 2 that I bought at global in my 29G