Sand Sifter Gobie!

m currently stocking:

Leopard Wrasse, 2 Fire Fish, 1 Powder Blue Tang, 1 Pacific Blue Tang, and a Mandarin Goby. Im interested in getting a goby that will move my sand around without getting it all over my corals.

What sand sifter gobie would you recommend for my system?

 

if i remember correctly you didn't have a very big tank? blue tang and powder blue tang is eventually goin to run into some trouble with each other.. having a wrasse along with a mandarin goby in a system that is not yet well established is also bound for the mandarin to starve..
a good sand sifting goby is the diamond goby but make sure your rocks for your aquascape are rooted well or it could cause a rock slide.. good luck

 

orange diamond watchman goby, they are awesome and look pretty cool too. i have one and love him he keeps the sand white!!!;D

if u get this type make sure u have a pretty deep sand base around ur rocks they like to dig out holes under the rocks. mine does it and he has numerous holes throughout the rocks, he pokes his head out in one hole then a second later hes at the other side of the tank poking head out there. its tooo coool !!!!

 

My tank is 100gallon 60" by 18" by 20". I was worried before i got them and i wanted to add them at the same time to limit aggression but after watching them im not worried at all. The tangs should be fine. I dont expect aggression issues. They are fairly young also, most fish reach their peak aggression in adulthood. Im planning to move them to an 800gal tank in 2 years. So far they dont show any aggression toward eachother whatsoever.

Im hoping i can get the mandarin eating shrimp or pellets and if so i should have no problems. My pod population is fine though, the mandarin is nice and fat after being in my tank for 3 days eating pods only. When i got him he was very skinny and didnt eat anything at the LFS im sure for atleast a week or 2. Would love to get him other stuff just bevause its only beneficial. Im not worried about pod population at all though. There are way too many hiding spots in main that the fish cant get into on top of that the 30galfuge is filled with as many as my feeding allows.

 

sounds good my mistake about the size of your tank!!
but the pods will be gone very very soon pp