Sand piles in aquarium

[Duval99]

I have been noticing small piles of sand in my tank and I am wondering who is the culprit.

 

[Duval99]

Any ideas?

 

[Ljmiller]

Could it be the current? What fish stock do u have that could be moving the sand? My mimic tang likes to do this but only in one spot when the lights are off.

 

[Oceansize]

Give us a little to go on! What are our choices???????????????????? Since you have provided absolutely no information, I'm going to guess Santa Claus.

 

[Duval99]

Have hippo tang, panther grouper, niger trigger,, a few hermits, and some snails (turbos,nerite,and nassarius)

 

[Duval99]

Thought it maybe the snails but this just recently started and tank has been up for months

 

[Oceansize]

Have you recently moved anything in the tank such as rockwork or powerheads? If your powerheads are aimed too low they can create swirls/eddys which will pick up sand and drop it in patterns like that.

 

[Duval99]

Yea I moved powerheads