Best sand sifters ?

[sillico]

Does anyone have any personal favorite specific fish and specific clean up crew that will keep my sand bed nice and clean ? thanks

 

[brett_schn]

A sand sifting star? Hermit crab? Sea urchin?

 

[Mike N]

More info about your tank (size, livestock, sandbed type/depth) would help.
Nassarius snails, sea stars, conchs, hermits all do a good at keeping sand clean.

 

[david p.]

i have sand sifting starfish, snails, hermit. but i find they only keep an estetic look to the sand (surface clean), they will not keep the sand from accumulating detritus, nothing beats a turkey baster or a periodic syphonning.

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

 

[sillico]

i have sand sifting starfish, snails, hermit. but i find they only keep an estetic look to the sand (surface clean), they will not keep the sand from accumulating detritus, nothing beats a turkey baster or a periodic syphonning.

I have a 36 gallon tank, I had a diamond watch goby which kept a large section of my sand clean but it died around 2 weeks ago, wanted to go with something new. But besides that I have some nassarius, asteria, 3 diff types of hermit crabs (even though they pretty much do the same thing for the most part. probably 11-14 in total ) , and a conch

 

[sillico]

More info about your tank (size, livestock, sandbed type/depth) would help.
Nassarius snails, sea stars, conchs, hermits all do a good at keeping sand clean.

I have a 36 gallon tank, I had a diamond watch goby which kept a large section of my sand clean but it died around 2 weeks ago, wanted to go with something new. But besides that I have some nassarius, asteria, 3 diff types of hermit crabs (even though they pretty much do the same thing for the most part. probably 11-14 in total ) , and a conch

 

[Mike N]

Maybe a pistol shrimp + goby? Pistols definitely move some substrate.
What was the cause of the diamond's death?

 

[Bdog4u2]

Sand sifting gobies can suck if you have coral on the bed, I've had them completely cover coral

 

[BlueCursor]

I have a diamondback gobi that does an excellent job in my 100 gal. I have a sand sifting star that I bought a year after I added the gobi, so I can't say how well it does on its own, but it's been alive 2 years now and is very active.

 

[justingraham]

Well I'm going to say two wav pumps turned up to 100% is the best sand sifting I have ever gotten.

Fish wise I don't know if they do the best job but I have two yasashir gobys that when they do come out I throughly enjoy watching clean the sand.

 

[zsuzsu]

Cerith snails

 

[Webslinger]

diamond goby's are sifting machines

 

[seagull18]

Diamond goby's are the best but they could arrange your sand bed in a way you might not like. If they find a spot near a coral they like, you might have to move the coral because they will constantly cover it with substrate.

 

[Mike N]

I have a 36 gallon tank, I had a diamond watch goby which kept a large section of my sand clean but it died around 2 weeks ago, wanted to go with something new.

diamond goby's are sifting machines

Diamond goby's are the best but they could arrange your sand bed in a way you might not like. If they find a spot near a coral they like, you might have to move the coral because they will constantly cover it with substrate.