Best CUC member for sand

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  1. adicus

    adicus Aiptasia Anemone

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    What would be the best clean up crew member for keeping the sand clean?
     
    adicus, Apr 18, 2010
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  2. Newreef15

    Newreef15 Horrid Stonefish

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    sandsifter star or a conch
     
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  3. xmetalfan99

    xmetalfan99 Giant Squid

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    Unless the tank is huge and is very mature, a sandsifter will slowly starve to death.
     
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  4. irr0001

    irr0001 Purple Tang

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    A sleeper goby will clean it in just a couple hours. Not really a CuC member though.
     
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  5. 2in10

    2in10 Super Moderator

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    Nassarias snails and ceriths
     
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  6. Night-Rida

    Night-Rida Finback Whale

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    x2 fighting conchs
     
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  7. ingtar_shinowa

    ingtar_shinowa Giant Squid

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    +1 on nasaurius, they are my favorite snails. Picked up 10 of them the size of a quarter yesterday for my LFS they are HUGE!
     
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  8. Telgar

    Telgar Snowflake Eel

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    use the reefcleaners link I left in your hair algae thread.
     
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  9. Powerman

    Powerman Giant Squid

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    Just so you understand.... Nasarius snails are meat eaters, they don't clean the sand bed. What they do is bury themselves so they stir up the bed..... but they don't really clean it. They do eat whet ever hits it at feeding time.
     
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  10. reefboyr34

    reefboyr34 Plankton

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    You should get either Golden headed sleeper gobies or Diamond gobies. Those will do their job well.
     
    reefboyr34, Apr 18, 2010
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