Keeping sand white

[MattL]

So i have seen some established tanks that have bright white sand beds. How do you maintain sand like that?

 

[Mantid]

Yellow watchman goby, conch snails, some sand sifting snails. I always have pure white sand from them. They just turn over the top layer so the algae does not build up.

 

[ChrisB]

Diamond watchmen goby too

 

[djkms]

Diamond goby as well.

 

[Craigar]

I like the sleeper goby


300 gallon mixed reef
90 gallon bowfront fowlr

 

[space]

Do any of these gobies pair with pistol shrimp?

 

[120greefman]

Sand sifting star and diamond goby in my 120. The diamond goby needs to be fed pe mysis in addition to his food gathering via sifting.

 

[hoonderific]

I know the yellow watchman does

 

[MattL]

I have a 35 gallon, with a clam and two brain on the sad bed. Will the yellow watchman scatter sand on top of them and hurt the coral?

 

[ChrisB]

They tend to make a mess and bury things. never had an issue with it hurting a coral. Just have to pull the coral out of the sand if it gets covered

 

[MattL]

Got a yellow watchman goby, however I haven't seen him since I released him...update to come.

 

[ChrisB]

Got a yellow watchman goby, however I haven't seen him since I released him...update to come.

you should see his mess and holes in a day or two. Mine clouded my tank up the second day for a few days. He was busy quick

 

[MattL]

Still no sign of the watchman. I don't think he made it.

 

[MattL]

So on Friday I saw him, turns out he is shy. But he doesn't seem to be cleaning the sand. Will have to see what he does.

 

[Wicked Color]

Patience young jedi.

 

[djkms]

Patience young jedi.

+1 give it time. My diamond goby took about a week or so before he started going to work.

 

[MattL]

Good to know. He is cool as long as i view him from my couch.

 

[Mckibbonator]

allot of fish can be like that, they tend to get used to you after a few weeks

 

[303travism]

I never had luck with my yellow watchman but the 2 diamonds I had always were working the watchman I had just stayed by his hole.I have a diamond,elephant snail,giraffe snail and 2 tiger conch's and a sand sifting star and my sand looks great.

 

[kmellon]

I have a yellow watchman and a pistol shrimp that matched up within a day or two of their entry into the tank. I believe the shrimp is the work horse though. They made a nice little hill in front of each of their caves, but the watchman doesn't seem to come our very far from the entry except when i feed the tank. I would like to try a diamond to see if he would move around the tank more.