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Ginzo
02/04/2010, 06:42 PM
Any good fishes that can keep the sand clean (white) ?

jb61264
02/04/2010, 06:49 PM
You can have my Sleeper Gold Head Goby...lol...he's almost "too" good at keeping the sand clean :)

OckMed
02/04/2010, 07:08 PM
my diamond goby is a work horse.

Indymann99
02/04/2010, 07:16 PM
+1 on the diamond goby... but be prepared for the initial sand storm... mine lasted about 4 weeks.... :sad1:

But now great! :thumbsup:

Shane Hoffman
02/04/2010, 07:16 PM
I have a maroon clown that keeps half of a 150 sparkling white with his butt wagging. The do this to clear the area areound their anemones.

tufacody
02/04/2010, 07:25 PM
I purchased a diamond goby but the thing only come out of his cave at cleaning time!

Playa-1
02/05/2010, 09:08 AM
Diamond Goby will do great with keeping the sand clean but they will also kick up some sand from time to time.

Toly
02/05/2010, 09:54 AM
You can try an orange spotted goby... it's supposed to be a little more delicate cleaner

potterjon
02/05/2010, 10:01 AM
You can try an orange spotted goby... it's supposed to be a little more delicate cleaner

agreed, the diamond (orange spot) gobies do not tend to swim as high as yellow headed sleepers and therefore do not spread sand as far. I have never had any sand sifting gobies live longer than a year in my tank, so I opted for a whole bunch of nassarium snails even though they do not do the same job, they will move the sand around when they come out for feeding time. Plus I think they are beautiful.

todd141
02/05/2010, 04:28 PM
I've got one of these guys, never stops cleaning the sand.

http://www.vividaquariums.com/10Expand.asp?ProductCode=01-2742-10