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10-03-2007, 03:19 PM
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| | Plankton
Join Date: Sep 2007
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 |  crushed coral
 I was wondering what type of specimen I can use to help aerate/ clean my substrate? I have 30 lbs. of crushed coral as my bed. I was thinking about getting a blenny... Any suggestions.. | 
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10-03-2007, 03:51 PM
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| | Hammer Head Shark
Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Louisville, GA Age: 45
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I have crushed coral and live sand mixed and I have snails, hermit crabs(big and little), one cucumber worm(I think it's still in there) an engineer goby and they keep it nicely sifted. _________ Got Questions? Need Answers?
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10-03-2007, 03:56 PM
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| | Coral Banded Shrimp
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Crushed coral is heavy and bulky. I can't think of anything suitable that would go through it except maybe a horseshoe crab but they're not really good for our tanks.
I can't see a blenny really moving too much crushed coral around. perhaps a large pistol shrimp? Even then it's going to stay in one general area.
Good luck.
Last edited by JustPhish : 10-03-2007 at 04:06 PM.
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10-03-2007, 04:17 PM
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| | Clown Trigger
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Tatamy, PA Age: 15
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Agree with JustPhish, i have a blenny and he only lays very delicatly on the substrate.  though he may not help with sand i'd get a blenny anyway! they have AWESOME personalities.
+2 with the shrimp, and try to get a shrimp goby to go with that. | |
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10-03-2007, 04:55 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: ohio Age: 32
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I have just a small amt of crushed coral in my tank. I have nassaruis snails in my 12 gal nano cube dx. 3 altogether...And a sea cucumber. | |
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10-03-2007, 05:26 PM
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| | Zoanthid
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: ontario, canada
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I have crushed coral and I have never had a problem if anything I like it because I get no sand storms. I have nassarius snails, hermits and I have baby stars in there and I vacuum it with a syphon when i do water changes. _________ 20g
25lbs LR
1 hydor koralia
rio nano skimmer FISH: blk/white clown, damsel, yellow watchman goby CORAL: grn open brain, acan, torch, rics, toadstool, zoo's
INVERT:[/u] hermits, nassarius, astrea, turbo's, nerites, crocea clam
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10-11-2007, 12:54 AM
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| | Plankton
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should i get more snails? and what kind? | |
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10-11-2007, 03:14 AM
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| | Zoanthid
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Baltimore, MD Age: 47
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Cuttingras, have you had any problems with your rock tumbling triggered by the digging of your engineer "goby?"
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10-11-2007, 04:40 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: TN Age: 31
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Siphon the crush coral. _________ Got Questions? Need Answers?
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10-11-2007, 04:41 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: TN Age: 31
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Originally Posted by BaxterS80  Cuttingras, have you had any problems with your rock tumbling triggered by the digging of your engineer "goby?"
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My engineer aka evil engineer, destroyed my rockwork. It is now in a friends 180g who wanted something that would keep the sand stirred up, and I warned him about the engineer goby, but he wanted it anyways, haha. Mine was 13"s when I gave it to my buddy. | |
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