View Full Version : sand upkeep?
Liquidcfour
02-02-2005, 10:23 PM
what are the must haves for sand up keep?
are sand sifting stars needed? probably a good thing to have tho right?
are there any other things that would keep the sand clean?
thanks
-brandon
Oliver
02-03-2005, 6:46 AM
I don't know anything about stars but hermit crabs are meant to be good. and some are wicked too, like blue legged ones etc..
skippy2
02-03-2005, 10:24 AM
Too keep your sand turned over get ceirth and nassirious snails. Sand sifting stars will eat all your pods=bad. If you are going to have a reef I wouldn't add any hermits. I do have 1 and he bulldozes through my corals knocking them over.
corriewf
02-03-2005, 10:43 AM
Too keep your sand turned over get ceirth and nassirious snails. Sand sifting stars will eat all your pods=bad. If you are going to have a reef I wouldn't add any hermits. I do have 1 and he bulldozes through my corals knocking them over.
I agree.
mogurnda
02-03-2005, 10:53 AM
The argument can go either way I suppose. I have always had hermits, and really like the scarlet reef hermits. Anything large enough to bulldoze sounds like a bad idea.
For sifters, I use nassarius and fighting conchs. Blue leg hermits help a bit as well, although they will attack smaller snails.
Gealcath
02-03-2005, 8:51 PM
Sand sifter starfish will usually slowly starve to death due to lack of food (just 1 can clean out a 30gl in short time) and often require additonal feeding.