sand sifters

Can anyone reccomend some good hardy sand sifters. I don't have anything doing that job right now and was hoping for something that isn't invisible all the time, and pretty hardy also (newb). Also, hoping to add a Mandarin Dragonette one day, so we want to go easy on the pod eaters.

Thanks all

 

You have a bunch of choices, you could get some nassarius vibex snails, a conch, I like the fighting conch or burrowing conch, a sand sifting sea star, or some gobies sand sift as well.

 

just got a dimond gobie and has already sifted the center front of my tank and it is going on day 1

 

Thanks for the inputs. Maybe you could help me with one more thing. I have some aptasia, so I was thinking about getting a peppermint shrimp to tackle that problem. Out of curiosity, would a sifter type goby pair up with a pepp shrimp? If not, can you think of a combo that may pair up AND get a grip on my aptasia?

 

peperment is a hit or miss for eating aptasia. I would just take care of that problem myself. If you get pistol shrimp they will pair with watchman goby

 

But the pistol shrimp and watchman goby will not eat aptasia, but are a great combo.

 

Does anyone know if Sandshifting Starfish. Ever comes out of the sand..??

After I got mine I also read you need a big tank for one.. 100 gal + ..
Mines in a 60 gal.. I put him in around 2 months ago, he went right under the sand..
And thats it.. !! NEVER seen him again.. My water always checks OK, so I guess he's alive..

I didn't mean to butt in, but we were talking about sandshifting things..
And he would also need to have this info..

Thanks, Larry

 

my sand sifter star comes out sometimes, climbs the glass sometimes, i have 46 gal. My Mandarin eats all sorts of frozen food.

 

A mandarine eating frozen foods is a hit and miss, my mandrine won't eat any of the foods I have put in for him.And if that happens and you don't have a good supply of pods he will starve himself.

 

Thank you all for the info, and yes, a Mandarin is way off in the future for us. It is encouraging to see that others have had success with feeding prepared foods though.

Anyway, I was thinking Nassarius snails would be my best bet. Good in the sand and small enough that my hermits shouldn't mess with them (I think). I have been reading that they won't do well with high nitrate levels though...what level would you think is too high?