Sand Sifting..

I have a 75g tank with live rock. I had a brown algae outbreak bought some snails and hermits. it went away like that night. I bought alot of rock since then so I think now there attention has shifted to the rock. What is the best thing to help clean the sand. i was thinking about getting 2 diamond gobies.

 

sandsifting star fish. i have 4 of them and they help out alot. how old is your tank. if its new its normal it will go away after the tanks done with its cycle.

 

Nassarius snails will work the sand very good as well

 

+10 to that. i couldnt think of there name. i have about 30-40 in my 75 and it changed my whole tank as far as keeping the sand clean.

 

can i keep a diamond goby with these and have no problems?

 

i see no reasons why not.

 

Yup, I have a sandsifter starfish (I wouldn't recommend more than 1 per 50 or so gallons) and have Nassarius snails coming to me next Wednesday. Talk to John Maloney at Reefcleaners.org. Or you can PM him. He is a member here. Just remember that, when ordering, you put in 3reef as the coupon code. It will remove a few bucks. Also, with this kind of snail, you do not need overnight shipping. Priority is OK. Saves more money. I would handle this with inverts and a CUC rather than fish.