my substrate keeps getting dirty

[yuji]

My white substrate keeps getting dirty with the waste of the fishes and other things. I want to buy a fish/invert to help clean my substrate by eating up the poo and dirt.

Anyone has any to recommend?

Would appreciate your help. Tks!

[mhermie]

sea cucumber and better water circulation. used to have the same prob but not any more.

[blurkok]

sand sifting star. works for me

[typrobin]

for a 2ft tank u might be interested in the new rio seio 620...i think 820 might be a little too strong for your tank...

but then again, it might look ugly, considering your tank is small...check it out...good price and low wattage too...

[kschew1498]

Get a signal goby.....damp hardworking......mine now is starving.... .....too clean already....hahaha

[giantbicycle]

add a lilltle current will helps too

[aStRoBo|]

Get a signal goby.....damp hardworking......mine now is starving.... .....too clean already....hahaha

i got one too! hard working fella.. but each time only small amount.. hard to keep it clean..

[dradttg]

Get a signal goby.....damp hardworking......mine now is starving.... .....too clean already....hahaha

I have not luck with sand sifter goby. I have tried lost about 6 already. All of them dug holes for home. Sift here sift there then one week later they are dead.

The best is still sea cucumber and brittle star. Cheap and good.

[lvcap]

increase current might be more beneficial..

a tank with too little current also not very healthy i think..

sand shifting gobies sometimes wreak havoc...dig too deep and rocks collapse..

try a balck cuke loh..but pray it dun get stuck in PH ...

[yuji]

what is a black cake? (if that is what u r trying to say)

[lvcap]

black cuke - sea cucumber

[yuji]

do you know where i can buy them? haven't been seeing any sea cumumbers. btw, would sea apples do the same job? what abt nudibranch?

[lvcap]

sea apples are corals i thought?

sea cucumbers ah...

i think ML might have..but they might be big...

wait for smaller shipment loh..

[nicky30092002]

Bullet Goby ..

[iewnehz]

nudibranch will eat corals..

you can buy the sea cucumber(sea cuke) at Iwarna

[aStRoBo|]

dun get sea apple, it's a time bomb.

[yuji]

why do u say sea apple is a time bomb?

what will it do?

[lvcap]

when it dies..your whole tank can accompany it to heaven...

[bubble_gum]

when it dies..your whole tank can accompany it to heaven...

i kept a sea apple for 4 mnths in a reef tank b4...... till i chickened out and gave it away

[Travy]

Sea apples are sea cucumbers, but they are filter feeders. Not really good for Substrate cleaning lah.

I have a pair of blue face gobies. Hard working too, keep the sand loose and full of cahrater. They follow each other ard the tank all the time.

[nicholasloh]

u mean blue-streak sleepers? dun remind me abt them. the last pair i had gave the tank a coating of white sand.

[boxfish]

how small can a sea cumcumber be?

so far the smallest I've seen is still bigger than my thumb

heard they grow fast too..true?

afraid it may be too big for a 3ft tank in no time...

[boxfish]

Get a signal goby.....damp hardworking......mine now is starving.... .....too clean already....hahaha

does it clean only grade 0 sand?

the grade 1 sand will be spitted out instead of going through the grill

[iewnehz]

why do u say sea apple is a time bomb?

what will it do?

cuz it will explode!!