Best sand sifter for sand bed

[fiorano]

depending on how much sand you actually have conches do a good job of cleaning the sand and so do sand sifting stars but i think conches need a fair bit of room unless their fairly small. i also have a sea cucumber but he doesn't move around all that much but does a good job of a smaller area and just recently decided to split and turn into 2 sea cucumbers hahaha

[fencer]

sand dollars

[spreerider]

what woud be good for a 25g tank with a small sandbed?

[Carmen]

Diamond Sand Sifter Goby does an excellent job of sifting/cleaning the sand! And they keep the sand low so it is not spred over the corals. I wouldn't go without mine!

[likwid]

Originally Posted by Carmen

Diamond Sand Sifter Goby does an excellent job of sifting/cleaning the sand! And they keep the sand low so it is not spred over the corals. I wouldn't go without mine!

Those goby's require fine sand though, dont they? Mine has plenty of crushed coral in it. Anyone know of any places in Calgary that sell sand sifting starfish/gobys/sand dollars?

[JDigital]

Gobys and Stars @ Red Coral.

[Carmen]

I had crushed coral/argonite in my nano and he did just fine. Red Coral usually has these gobies in and often has the sandsifter stars.

[Floop70]

I've got a 25 gallon tank with a sand sifting star and an orange spotted goby. Both do a very good job and the goby doensn't carry the sand too high, as carmen said. Although I have seen other types of goby's that will sift the sand pretty much to the surface.