sandsifters

[ncfishguy]

lookin for a good sandsifter for a 150 gallon tank ! like to find one that doesn't get to big

 

[underwaterdan]

I use a fighting conch for my 150, he is cool towatch and even gets the bottom glass. Mines pretty big about 4 inches.

 

[Feltman]

Ya I've got a conch handful of nasarus and I'm thinkin of adding a sandsifting star. The conch is cool to watch but won't fix an algea problem if that's what ur after.

 

[underwaterdan]

Mine eats algea on the sand and first inch or so of the side glass. It's cool to watch him reach up there to get it.

 

[ncfishguy]

Just want to keep the sand lookin nice luckily I don't have any algae problems

 

[underwaterdan]

Are you gonna feed the sandstar? If not he won't last long from what I read.

 

[eatbreakfast]

lookin for a good sandsifter for a 150 gallon tank ! like to find one that doesn't get to big

Rainsford and hectori stay small, but won't cover the whole tank.

Diamond and bullet gobies do a great job, but get large.

Most other sifters will bury low lying corals.

Ya I've got a conch handful of nasarus and I'm thinkin of adding a sandsifting star. The conch is cool to watch but won't fix an algea problem if that's what ur after.

I recommend against sand sifting stars,they quickly deplete the beneficial microfauna. Just feeling the sand in a tank that has had a sifting star, it is silty and much more of a detritus trap than a tank without one.