Any nano-sized sand sifting gobies?

[ItsJayCross]

Hey guys! I have a Nuvo Fusion 20 that I'm looking to stock up with fish. Right now all I have is my DaVinci Ocellaris clown, Wendy, who I'm about to rehome to a BioCube 14 because she's very nippy whenever I'm working on the tank and has become super territorial, picking on any other fish I try to put in the tank. Anywho, I'm looking for a nano-sized sand-sifter that will help keep my sandbed clean. I've looked at twinspots, but they obsiously need quite a matured sandbed in order to get what they need for nutrition. Rainfordis and Hectors have also caught my eye, but seem to either have similar problems to the twinspots or pick more at the sand rather than sift it. I've thought about a pistol/goby pair but I don't think they'd give me the sand cleaning that I need. Any suggestions are appreciated! Thanks!

 

[Oscaror]

Hey guys! I have a Nuvo Fusion 20 that I'm looking to stock up with fish. Right now all I have is my DaVinci Ocellaris clown, Wendy, who I'm about to rehome to a BioCube 14 because she's very nippy whenever I'm working on the tank and has become super territorial, picking on any other fish I try to put in the tank. Anywho, I'm looking for a nano-sized sand-sifter that will help keep my sandbed clean. I've looked at twinspots, but they obsiously need quite a matured sandbed in order to get what they need for nutrition. Rainfordis and Hectors have also caught my eye, but seem to either have similar problems to the twinspots or pick more at the sand rather than sift it. I've thought about a pistol/goby pair but I don't think they'd give me the sand cleaning that I need. Any suggestions are appreciated! Thanks!

If you like blennies/gobies and want a sand sifter I'd recommend just getting a regular blenny/goby of your liking and some sand sifting snails to work alongside eachother. In a 20 gallon I doubt the sand bed will be enough for any sand sifting fish.

 

[shrimped]

You can get Rainford Gobies and Hectors Gobys but make sure they are either trained on frozen or is captive bred or captive raised. I find more captive raised/bred Rainford than hectors for some reason I am not sure about. I know Biota got captive bred and Bluezooaquatics got captive raised. However I did see some people getting captive raised Rainford that didn’t eat frozen. I don’t know what’s up with that tho.

 

[ItsJayCross]

You can get Rainford Gobies and Hectors Gobys but make sure they are either trained on frozen or is captive bred or captive raised. I find more captive raised/bred Rainford than hectors for some reason I am not sure about. I know Biota got captive bred and Bluezooaquatics got captive raised. However I did see some people getting captive raised Rainford that didn’t eat frozen. I don’t know what’s up with that tho.

I'll definitely look into this! Thanks for the advice.

If you like blennies/gobies and want a sand sifter I'd recommend just getting a regular blenny/goby of your liking and some sand sifting snails to work alongside eachother. In a 20 gallon I doubt the sand bed will be enough for any sand sifting fish.

I have a couple nassarius snails in the tank and they keep the sandbed pretty clean for the most part, I was mostly looking for a fish that keeps the top of the sandbed clean, but I don't think I'll really be able to do that except maybe possibly with a Rainford's or Hector's. Thanks for the advice!

 

[Oscaror]

I'll definitely look into this! Thanks for the advice.



I have a couple nassarius snails in the tank and they keep the sandbed pretty clean for the most part, I was mostly looking for a fish that keeps the top of the sandbed clean, but I don't think I'll really be able to do that except maybe possibly with a Rainford's or Hector's. Thanks for the advice!

Either way they're cool fish that I'd be happy to have in a nano