Fighting conch

[a bag of it]

Hey guys, my sand and tank in general haven't been as clean since I lost my urchin during the move. I was wondering if you think a fighting conch or two would do as good of a job as the urchin did. I would get another urchin, but I was getting annoyed at all the things it moved. Also, does anyone know where I could pick some up?

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[that0neguy1126]

I have 1, would like a few more. I am not sure how much they keep it clean. I think my Diamond goby does a better job. Also have a sand sifting starfish to keep it clean.

 

[Boogie]

I have 2 or 3. Fun to watch. They seem to work but not sure how hard. Just bought a diamond goby to help out.

 

[Dbarnes]

Sand stars do great, but the conch kinda just move once in a while. The sand sifting gobbies do fantastic but if you have fine sand they will make a mess of your tank.

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[a bag of it]

I have fine sand and already have a shrimp goby so once I get another pistol shrimp he should stir the sand a bit. I might just bite the bullet and get another urchin, he did a phenomenal job. I don't think my 58g is big enough for a sand sifting star, I thought they were for bigger systems

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[Dbarnes]

I have had one in my 50 gal ref and has done great.

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[aztecdreams]

I have a cucumber that does an amazing job

 

[a bag of it]

Who do you think is more interesting to watch between the cucumber and the starfish

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[Boogie]

Cucumber but purely because its less common than a starfish imo.

 

[a bag of it]

I might go that route then, it's too bad the more beautiful ones are listed as expert only

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[aztecdreams]

The cucumber definitely. People always wonder" what the eff is that?" Leaves huge piles of cleaned sand everywhere

 

[Cake_Boss]

I really enjoyed my tiger tail cuc. Nevermind the expensive sps/lps/z&p/clams I had, my nieces loved the tiger tail.

The "spikes" aren't hard, they are just for show.

Mine looked like this (thanks melev)

Others can be like this

The internet has a pic of blue ones.