Sand for sand sifting gobies or wrasses - Reef-Geeks

Variko · Big-Geek

You guys that have successfully kept some of sleeper or sand sifting gobies what type of sand do you use? Same question for people who have wrasses that bury themselves. I have read that sugar sand is best for these particular fish, but I am setting up a multiple grain sand bed for my Jawfish and Shrimp gobies. The main fish I am concerned with would be signal gobies (aka twin spot gobies aka 4wheel drive) and leopard wrasses. I have checked out the sugar sand, and I hate it.

rgrking · Spawning

Well just put the finer sand on top so the sifting fish won't get it caught in their gills.

Variko · Big-Geek

Is it just crushed coral you have to stay away from? Or do they specifically need sugar sand?

shmoliken · Big-Geek

i had a sand sifting goby [2 in fact] and a coris wrasse in my tanks with plain old aragonite. coris wrasse shimmied down in 2 seconds every night. amazing to see. sand sifters never stopped sifting.

Variko · Big-Geek

So this should be fine right?CaribSea Dry Aragonite Flamingo Reef Sand 15 lb

skywardview · Reef-Geek

I had a swifter and he was fine aragonite sand. My wrasse does not seam to mind either. One side note with swifter Goby they don't mix well coral unless you got a good power head.

shmoliken · Big-Geek

+1 on the annoyance of a sand sifter!

Pat B · Geektacular

My sleeper gobys like the fine aragonite sand I got. It looks similar to what you linked.

Variko · Big-Geek

Not the sugar stuff though, right Pat? The stuff just a bit coarser?

Pat B · Geektacular

I have some of the sugar stuff in 1 tank, wish I didn't. The sifters pile up the sugar stuff to go for the coarser stuff they like. I would recommend the fine aragonite sand, it is a little coarser.

Variko · Big-Geek

LOL that answers me completely. The gobies dont even like the sugar sand.

Pat B · Geektacular

Mine don't, they just pick it up move it and spit it out, no sifting involved.

chris&barb · Lost

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Originally Posted by Variko

So this should be fine right?CaribSea Dry Aragonite Flamingo Reef Sand 15 lb

This will be fine. The pic they use makes you think the grain size is larger then what it really is.

Variko · Big-Geek

I have some in my possession. They sent me samples of the bermuda pink, the flamingoa reef, and the grand bahamas biome. The grand bahamas is worthless. All the cool shells and rocks sink and disappear in the sugar sand.

[1 (permalink)] Posted by Variko 08-15-2011, 06:24 PM	Big-Geek
Sand for sand sifting gobies or wrasses You guys that have successfully kept some of sleeper or sand sifting gobies what type of sand do you use? Same question for people who have wrasses that bury themselves. I have read that sugar sand is best for these particular fish, but I am setting up a multiple grain sand bed for my Jawfish and Shrimp gobies. The main fish I am concerned with would be signal gobies (aka twin spot gobies aka 4wheel drive) and leopard wrasses. I have checked out the sugar sand, and I hate it.	Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Cherry Hill NJ Posts: 1,427 Gameroom cash: $358075 Rep Power: 36
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[2 (permalink)] Posted by rgrking 08-15-2011, 06:56 PM	Spawning
Well just put the finer sand on top so the sifting fish won't get it caught in their gills. __________________ RLTW 180 Gallon Mixed Reef Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?" And I said, "Here am I. Send me!" Isaiah 6:8 Friend me up on Facebook Glen King	Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Sullivan, Missouri, USA Posts: 10,000 Gameroom cash: $1656070 Rep Power: 164
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[4 (permalink)] Posted by shmoliken 08-15-2011, 07:18 PM	Big-Geek
i had a sand sifting goby [2 in fact] and a coris wrasse in my tanks with plain old aragonite. coris wrasse shimmied down in 2 seconds every night. amazing to see. sand sifters never stopped sifting. __________________ who knew salt water was made of $100 bills?	Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: de Posts: 1,492 Gameroom cash: $804220 Rep Power: 29
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[7 (permalink)] Posted by shmoliken 08-16-2011, 07:06 AM	Big-Geek
+1 on the annoyance of a sand sifter! __________________ who knew salt water was made of $100 bills?	Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: de Posts: 1,492 Gameroom cash: $804220 Rep Power: 29
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[8 (permalink)] Posted by Pat B 08-16-2011, 09:54 AM	Geektacular
My sleeper gobys like the fine aragonite sand I got. It looks similar to what you linked. __________________ "But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.” Joshua 24:15b "HIS word is in my heart like a fire, a fire shut up in my bones. I am weary of holding it in; indeed, I cannot." Jeremiah 20:9b *Click on the ticker for the build thread.*	Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Camden, De Posts: 2,560 Gameroom cash: $1240165 Rep Power: 65
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[3 (permalink)] Posted by Variko 08-15-2011, 06:59 PM	Big-Geek
Is it just crushed coral you have to stay away from? Or do they specifically need sugar sand?	Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Cherry Hill NJ Posts: 1,427 Gameroom cash: $358075 Rep Power: 36
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[5 (permalink)] Posted by Variko 08-15-2011, 08:41 PM	Big-Geek
So this should be fine right?CaribSea Dry Aragonite Flamingo Reef Sand 15 lb	Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Cherry Hill NJ Posts: 1,427 Gameroom cash: $358075 Rep Power: 36
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[6 (permalink)] Posted by skywardview 08-16-2011, 12:24 AM	Reef-Geek
I had a swifter and he was fine aragonite sand. My wrasse does not seam to mind either. One side note with swifter Goby they don't mix well coral unless you got a good power head.	Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Spokane Wa Posts: 223 Gameroom cash: $62295 Rep Power: 12
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[9 (permalink)] Posted by Variko 08-16-2011, 10:04 AM	Big-Geek
Not the sugar stuff though, right Pat? The stuff just a bit coarser?	Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Cherry Hill NJ Posts: 1,427 Gameroom cash: $358075 Rep Power: 36
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[10 (permalink)] Posted by Pat B 08-16-2011, 10:10 AM	Geektacular
I have some of the sugar stuff in 1 tank, wish I didn't. The sifters pile up the sugar stuff to go for the coarser stuff they like. I would recommend the fine aragonite sand, it is a little coarser. __________________ "But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.” Joshua 24:15b "HIS word is in my heart like a fire, a fire shut up in my bones. I am weary of holding it in; indeed, I cannot." Jeremiah 20:9b *Click on the ticker for the build thread.*	Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Camden, De Posts: 2,560 Gameroom cash: $1240165 Rep Power: 65
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[11 (permalink)] Posted by Variko 08-16-2011, 10:34 AM	Big-Geek
LOL that answers me completely. The gobies dont even like the sugar sand.	Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Cherry Hill NJ Posts: 1,427 Gameroom cash: $358075 Rep Power: 36
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[12 (permalink)] Posted by Pat B 08-16-2011, 10:38 AM	Geektacular
Mine don't, they just pick it up move it and spit it out, no sifting involved. __________________ "But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.” Joshua 24:15b "HIS word is in my heart like a fire, a fire shut up in my bones. I am weary of holding it in; indeed, I cannot." Jeremiah 20:9b *Click on the ticker for the build thread.*	Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Camden, De Posts: 2,560 Gameroom cash: $1240165 Rep Power: 65
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[14 (permalink)] Posted by Variko 08-16-2011, 12:16 PM	Big-Geek
I have some in my possession. They sent me samples of the bermuda pink, the flamingoa reef, and the grand bahamas biome. The grand bahamas is worthless. All the cool shells and rocks sink and disappear in the sugar sand.	Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Cherry Hill NJ Posts: 1,427 Gameroom cash: $358075 Rep Power: 36
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