Sand dust on my corals?

[phil bevilacqua]

.. I recently purchased a diamond goby to help clean my San bed… He’s been in there about a week and he is continually dusting my tank as he cleans the sand… I assume this will lighten up once he makes his first round or two of maintenance. My question is by the end of the day some of the dust collects on my acans and torch. Will this be a problem!! I get in there with a turkey baster and gently blow it off but then they close up and our kind of annoyed… Is this long-term affects going to hurt them or will the dust bother them if it sits there? I know out in the ocean there is an anybody blowing the sand off… Lol. Thank you for your help

 

[Oscaror]

.. I recently purchased a diamond goby to help clean my San bed… He’s been in there about a week and he is continually dusting my tank as he cleans the sand… I assume this will lighten up once he makes his first round or two of maintenance. My question is by the end of the day some of the dust collects on my acans and torch. Will this be a problem!! I get in there with a turkey baster and gently blow it off but then they close up and our kind of annoyed… Is this long-term affects going to hurt them or will the dust bother them if it sits there? I know out in the ocean there is an anybody blowing the sand off… Lol. Thank you for your help

I think it may in fact be a problem. Will disturb the coral and stress it out.

 

[phil bevilacqua]

I think it may in fact be a problem. Will disturb the coral and stress it out.

The sand in the coral head? Or me blowing it off?

 

[James M]

Actually blowing it off might to more harm than having sand on the coral

 

[Oscaror]

The sand in the coral head? Or me blowing it off?

The sand

 

[Oscaror]

Actually blowing it off might to more harm than having sand on the coral

Seriously? I think moving the coral is the best option, but why would the blowing cause problems?

 

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using a baster won’t be a problem. get used to it.

 

[James M]

I’m saying in the long run it might cause problems but that is my opinion

 

[phil bevilacqua]

Actually blowing it off might to more harm than having sand on the coral

I was thinking the same thing.