sand bed turnover

[EDRIEG78]

any suggestions on what to use besides crabs and snails to keep sand bed all stirred up .

[MJAnderson]

Tiger Tail cucumber. Fighting conch.

[spoonerville]

bristle worms

[D659600]

Sand sifting star

[graveyardworm]

I would skip the seastar, they eat the organisms in the sand bed which make your sand bed live. They also require a substantial sand bed for long term survival. The majority end up slowly starving.

[drummereef]

I like my Fighting Conch and Nassarius snails a lot. My fav was my tigertail cuke, but he got caught in a powerhead. :(

[katpurdy]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8105710#post8105710 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by graveyardworm
I would skip the seastar, they eat the organisms in the sand bed which make your sand bed live. They also require a substantial sand bed for long term survival. The majority end up slowly starving.
Isn't that what they all do? the hermits and snails eat it too don't they?

[graveyardworm]

Hermits yes, snails no.

[Kgoarmy17]

If your looking for just inverts I'd have to agree with above statements. Conchs, sand sifting stars, nassaruis snails, cukes.
The biggest sand mover I've seen would have to be a 2inch tiger pistol; lol.

Certain fish will move the sand as well, certain gobies, etc, etc.

[delsol650]

You could try a pair of Dragon gobies... all they do all day is sift sand and still will eat prepared foods so that you don't have to worry about them starving.