I am looking to get something to help keep my sand looking a little better.  I have had a Diamond Goby twice before one jumped out the other went when my tank took a dive.  That said they seemed to do a very good job keeping my sand clean and looking good.Â

Seems its a fine line between keeping water flow near the sand and a sand storm.  There are a few 'trouble' spots in my tank and in the past the Gobys seemed to do a good job.  Any thoughts?  Anything else out there?

My sand sifting sea star does a great job of keeping the substrate clean and churned.

here is a fish that doesn"t get nearly the credit it deserves,convict blenny or engineer goby,what ever you want to call them. they grow fast,mine have been around a foot for a couple of years. they are in a fish only set up but would be fine in a reef as long as you don't have alot of lifeforms on your sandbed. mine always stay on the bottom on one side or the other. they do a great job of moving your sand in the back and sides of your tank.

I think you might need your rock well supported if you get a tunneling fish so rockwork does not become unstable. You could also try a fighting conch or a sea cucumber (get the kind that doesn't have poisonus innards). Or one of the gobys. I see the sleeper goby often at the stores though that sucker gets pretty big.

Posted By tibbs2 on 11/19/2008 10:08 AM
I think you might need your rock well supported if you get a tunneling fish so rockwork does not become unstable. You could also try a fighting conch or a sea cucumber (get the kind that doesn't have poisonus innards). Or one of the gobys. I see the sleeper goby often at the stores though that sucker gets pretty big.

When I was putting my tank together I made sure all the lower rocks were well supported in and under the sand as I knew I was going to have a 'tunneling fish'.

A jawfish might work for you too then. End of November I'm going to place an order with Sea Life Inc for jawfish, gorgonian, maybe a sponge and some marine plants. You can't beat his price on most of the stuff he sells.