Reef Cleaners

[Alucard]

Hi what are the most preferred 'fishes' to :

1) Clean the glass wall

2) Clean the thin sand bed

Where are can those be found?

Anyone selling do let me know thanks.

[vt_snowman87]

hi!

1) algae blenny does a good job at kissing the glass..

turbo snails/ astrea snails are good too..

both can be easily found at LFSs..

2) personally i prefer sand dollars.. ML brings them in sometimes..

of course u can get sand sifter gobies, but risk getting sand all over ur corals.. thats what i heard..

my 2cents! hope more experienced ppl can give more opinions..

[Alucard]

hi!

1) algae blenny does a good job at kissing the glass..

turbo snails/ astrea snails are good too..

both can be easily found at LFSs..

2) personally i prefer sand dollars.. ML brings them in sometimes..

of course u can get sand sifter gobies, but risk getting sand all over ur corals.. thats what i heard..

my 2cents! hope more experienced ppl can give more opinions..

i see how much is the sand dollars? Any potential risks rearing those cleaners, or any contraints they pose?

Any recommended LFS in the east selling them?

thanks.

[Alucard]

Hi what are the most preferred 'fishes' to :

1) Clean the glass wall

2) Clean the thin sand bed

Where are can those be found?

Anyone selling do let me know thanks.

another question is that do we need to maintain them? ie any food for them?

[vt_snowman87]

they are self-sufficient unless the algae runs out in ur tank..

heard that coralfarm has good pricing for sand dollars..

constraints wise.. sometimes my turbo snails topple corals.. sand dollars like to carry loose frags of zoa on sand bed around the tank..

[Alucard]

they are self-sufficient unless the algae runs out in ur tank..

heard that coralfarm has good pricing for sand dollars..

constraints wise.. sometimes my turbo snails topple corals.. sand dollars like to carry loose frags of zoa on sand bed around the tank..

thanks for the info

[vt_snowman87]

dun mention it, just my 2cents, im not expert..

[blueray]

Hi snowman,

please pardon my silly question but what is a sand dollar?

[vt_snowman87]

hi blueray,

good question, i never knew it existed until i saw it and did some research too.. it is a very interesting creature, i would say it looks like a sea urchin mix a starfish.

but i think it belongs to the urchin family..

it's grey, round, and flat.. and has a star in the centre.. i dun have pics now, but do a search around the forum and u sld find a pic..

cheers.

[blueray]

thanks snowman. do you know where I can get some? thanks.

[vt_snowman87]

CoralFarm (lim chu kang area) and MarineLife (hong leong gardens) have them usually..

[blueray]

thanks snowman....

[RockyBoy]

Hi what are the most preferred 'fishes' to :

1) Clean the glass wall

2) Clean the thin sand bed

Where are can those be found?

Anyone selling do let me know thanks.

For glass wall, you can use algae blenny, but it will not clean entirely. You still have to use the magnet glass cleaner or the scrapper.

For your thin sand bed, don't bother, the bristtle worms, brittle stars will help clean.

Try to have good & strong circulation in the tank so that the debris will be lifted up (hopefully) and go into your overflow and get filtered out.