Sand cleaning fish

[jeffopentax]

Does anyone know what fish are good substrate cleaners?  The sand on the right side  of my 135g is immaculate, thanks to my diamond goby.  Looking for a fish that could take care of the left side.  Could get another diamond since the one i have has never ventured to the left side, but would prefer something  different.

 

[cptstnkpnts]

My diamond rocks the whole tank. Very fun to watch.

 

[jeffopentax]

Yeah mine keeps very busy, just only in about a 30"x18" space!  Thinking perhaps a engineer or gold head sleeper goby.

 

[Bfofre]

I have gold head..  He is all over the place and turns over the whole sand bed!  But beware they make a sandstorm if you have lots of flow in the tank..

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[RYOUNVS]

Is it true that they are jumpers? I want one but have a rimless tank.

 

[jeffopentax]

My diamond has never swam over 12 inches off the bottom.  Never jumps (at least not that i've ever seen).

 

[jeffopentax]

Decided to go with scissor tail goby.  Anybody ever had one of these?

 

[benzzz]

That is not a goby, but a dartfish, same family as firefish. good jumpers

 

[Poseidon]

That is not a goby, but a dartfish, same family as firefish. good jumpers

+1

 

[jeffopentax]

That is not a goby, but a dartfish, same family as firefish. good jumpers

Nope.  It's a goby.  Family: Gobiidae

 

[jeffopentax]

Now i'm confused with families, orders, sub orders.... Regardless, hope it does the trick!

 

[Big_Als_London]

Now i'm confused with families, orders, sub orders.... Regardless, hope it does the trick!

its a goby but not all gobies are sand sifters.

 

[jeffopentax]

Would a tiger goby be a better choice?  Those are the two i have it narrowed down to.

 

[Big_Als_London]

Would a tiger goby be a better choice?  Those are the two i have it narrowed down to.

the tiger goby isn't really a sifter either. You either want to have a 6 spot, diamond or yellow headed goby. These are the best sifters

 

[jeffopentax]

Read tigers are sifters.  Already have diamond.  Will check out yellow head.

 

[jeffopentax]

Read tigers are sifters.  Already have diamond.  Will check out yellow head.

 

[benzzz]

My Apology, Never realized they were classed a goby.

 

[jeffopentax]

Got my bird wrasse and mandarin delivered yesterday.  Nicest fish in the tank!  Also got an engineer goby last minute.  Didn't know it would be just a little guy, maybe 2.5".  Added engineer first to give it a chance to get into rockwork before adding wrasse.  Added wrasse and mandarin, everything fine.  Few hours later, disaster.  My sailfin tang likes to give chase to new additions, guess he's king of the tank.  He chased the wrasse into the crevice the goby had sought refuge in.  Sure enough, out comes the wrasse with the goby in it's mouth.  He didn't eat it,  but mangled it enough that it died about an hour later. So.... wrong place, wrong time for goby.  Anyone have a med-lg sand sifting goby for sale?

 

[curiousphil]

Sorry to hear about your loss Jeff

 

[jeffopentax]

It was unfortunate.  I blame the sailfin!