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Old 11/27/2007, 10:07 PM
Burbs Burbs is offline
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sand sifter

best sand sifter that i wont have to wory about my rock work like with a diamond goby? I have a pair of twin spots but my 120 is too big to handle the job alone
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Old 11/27/2007, 10:25 PM
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Hire a BIG army of Nassarius snails. Cerith too. They're great IMO.

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Old 11/27/2007, 11:27 PM
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A sand sifting star or a smaller fighting conch. Just as a conch gets bigger it might knock some stuff around.
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Old 11/28/2007, 12:02 AM
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Sand sifting stars are not a good thing to have in a reef tank. They eat the live out of your live sand. If they die, as many quickly do, they will release toxins and you don't want that.
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Old 11/28/2007, 12:37 AM
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Nassarius snails work good and are cool to watch, if you get about ten or so, when you feed the tank they pop up all over the place like from a si-fi movie.
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Old 11/28/2007, 12:57 AM
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Sand sifter stars require a healthy/established sandbed. If they die they basically disentegrate. I dont know about the toxins, as I had one die and not a thing changed in my setup.
 


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