Fish for scavenging sand bed?

[lightbolt75]

Hrmz, comparing a sand dollar and a sea cuke, which one does a better job? Any ppl with experience out there? Thanks in adv!

Yeah... I am curious about this also.... anyone?

[juscool]

How much does a sand dollar cost? I have not seen it in any of the Pasir Ris Farms. Anyone else has seen it in LFS recently?

[colinsoon]

marinelife often carrys it... can try that place out some day, and have a fishy talk with henry too...

[Marinesavy]

Algae Blenny do well in cleaning sandbed. Try not to overfeed and it should not be a big problem.

[Qxnviolet]

HRMz, I do not think algae blennies clean the sandbed. Think they target the LRs and tank walls more often... And yes, ML frequently carries the sand dollar. No1 has any experience on whether a sand dollar or a sea cuke does the cleanup better??

[jervismun]

Hehe I bought 3 Turbos and a Sand Sifting Star to do the job... let's see in 2 days... whether got improvements or not.

[Fishfreak]

I've both the black cuke and a sand dollar (~ 6cm diameter) in my 3x2x2.

Between the two, I'd say the cuke does a better job keeping the sand clean. My children described the sand dollar a road maker - that's what it does, it creates these highways on the sand surface when it moves around.

However, I would not recommend the sand dollar. Unfortunately, made a mistake of not readng up first - found out a sand dollar of the size I have will need at least 6 sq ft of sand surface to keep alive (not counting the area where you hae rocks)!