Need a good clean up crew.
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wuuzzzuuppp
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Maybe some Narcissus snails. They are good at stirring up the sand. A couple more Astraea's. I like them for cleaning my rock. And some small blue leg hermits.
Are you having a specific issue that you are trying to get under control?
Are you having a specific issue that you are trying to get under control?
wuuzzzuuppp
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A harlequin serpent star would be a good add too. They look neat!
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DChen
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Well i feel like the water flow isnt being distributed around the tank. So I bought like 4 different powerheads and I just keep thinking it isn't strong enough so I keep upgrading. Recently just ordered another power head with a 550gph. But other than that I want my sand to be nice and clean. Not really concerned about anything because nothing is growing yet. I have a question about the Astraea's, are they only on rocks? So far I only see it come out when the lights are off and I havn't seen it on the sand ever since I bought it. But ill consider serpent star.
Bad Company
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Most snails don't actually clean the sand IMHO. I don't think their scraper toungue works well on sand particles. Hermits do however. Snails are great for rock and glass cleaning.
Sea_Monkey
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A sand shifting starfish does a great job at keeping your sandbed "white", or a elephant conch. Both of mine dose great at turning my sand.
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DChen
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Just did a little reading on the sand sifting starfish, they said it could possibly eat your shrimp, smaller snails and such. I don't want my little snails disappearing day by day haha. any other recommendations?
wuuzzzuuppp
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Tiger conches do a good job on the sand also, but 30 gallons is a little small for them.
SmoothSmoke
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Trochus snail is suppose to be a beast at cleaning up algae.
