Alucard Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 Hi what are the most preferred 'fishes' to : 1) Clean the glass wall 2) Clean the thin sand bed Where are can those be found? Anyone selling do let me know thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member vt_snowman87 Posted March 9, 2008 SRC Member Share Posted March 9, 2008 hi! 1) algae blenny does a good job at kissing the glass.. turbo snails/ astrea snails are good too.. both can be easily found at LFSs.. 2) personally i prefer sand dollars.. ML brings them in sometimes.. of course u can get sand sifter gobies, but risk getting sand all over ur corals.. thats what i heard.. my 2cents! hope more experienced ppl can give more opinions.. Quote (Decommissioned) http://www.sgreefclub.com/forum/topic/92504-full-sps-shallow/?page=9 (Decommissioned) http://www.sgreefclub.com/forum/topic/69803-vincs-2ft-cube-tank/?page=19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alucard Posted March 9, 2008 Author Share Posted March 9, 2008 hi! 1) algae blenny does a good job at kissing the glass.. turbo snails/ astrea snails are good too.. both can be easily found at LFSs.. 2) personally i prefer sand dollars.. ML brings them in sometimes.. of course u can get sand sifter gobies, but risk getting sand all over ur corals.. thats what i heard.. my 2cents! hope more experienced ppl can give more opinions.. i see how much is the sand dollars? Any potential risks rearing those cleaners, or any contraints they pose? Any recommended LFS in the east selling them? thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alucard Posted March 9, 2008 Author Share Posted March 9, 2008 Hi what are the most preferred 'fishes' to : 1) Clean the glass wall 2) Clean the thin sand bed Where are can those be found? Anyone selling do let me know thanks. another question is that do we need to maintain them? ie any food for them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member vt_snowman87 Posted March 9, 2008 SRC Member Share Posted March 9, 2008 they are self-sufficient unless the algae runs out in ur tank.. heard that coralfarm has good pricing for sand dollars.. constraints wise.. sometimes my turbo snails topple corals.. sand dollars like to carry loose frags of zoa on sand bed around the tank.. Quote (Decommissioned) http://www.sgreefclub.com/forum/topic/92504-full-sps-shallow/?page=9 (Decommissioned) http://www.sgreefclub.com/forum/topic/69803-vincs-2ft-cube-tank/?page=19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alucard Posted March 9, 2008 Author Share Posted March 9, 2008 they are self-sufficient unless the algae runs out in ur tank.. heard that coralfarm has good pricing for sand dollars.. constraints wise.. sometimes my turbo snails topple corals.. sand dollars like to carry loose frags of zoa on sand bed around the tank.. thanks for the info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member vt_snowman87 Posted March 9, 2008 SRC Member Share Posted March 9, 2008 dun mention it, just my 2cents, im not expert.. Quote (Decommissioned) http://www.sgreefclub.com/forum/topic/92504-full-sps-shallow/?page=9 (Decommissioned) http://www.sgreefclub.com/forum/topic/69803-vincs-2ft-cube-tank/?page=19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueray Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 Hi snowman, please pardon my silly question but what is a sand dollar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member vt_snowman87 Posted March 11, 2008 SRC Member Share Posted March 11, 2008 hi blueray, good question, i never knew it existed until i saw it and did some research too.. it is a very interesting creature, i would say it looks like a sea urchin mix a starfish. but i think it belongs to the urchin family.. it's grey, round, and flat.. and has a star in the centre.. i dun have pics now, but do a search around the forum and u sld find a pic.. cheers. Quote (Decommissioned) http://www.sgreefclub.com/forum/topic/92504-full-sps-shallow/?page=9 (Decommissioned) http://www.sgreefclub.com/forum/topic/69803-vincs-2ft-cube-tank/?page=19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueray Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 thanks snowman. do you know where I can get some? thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member vt_snowman87 Posted March 11, 2008 SRC Member Share Posted March 11, 2008 CoralFarm (lim chu kang area) and MarineLife (hong leong gardens) have them usually.. Quote (Decommissioned) http://www.sgreefclub.com/forum/topic/92504-full-sps-shallow/?page=9 (Decommissioned) http://www.sgreefclub.com/forum/topic/69803-vincs-2ft-cube-tank/?page=19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueray Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 thanks snowman.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockyBoy Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 Hi what are the most preferred 'fishes' to : 1) Clean the glass wall 2) Clean the thin sand bed Where are can those be found? Anyone selling do let me know thanks. For glass wall, you can use algae blenny, but it will not clean entirely. You still have to use the magnet glass cleaner or the scrapper. For your thin sand bed, don't bother, the bristtle worms, brittle stars will help clean. Try to have good & strong circulation in the tank so that the debris will be lifted up (hopefully) and go into your overflow and get filtered out. Quote Member of : UEN: T08SS0098FMASS in Facebook Reefing in LED Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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