sand mystery

[jmike50]

good morning everyone,
i get up this morning and some of my corals and live rock are covered in sand, with no idea how this happens. it has happened 3 or 4 times. i have a striped damsel, yellowtail damsel, 3 spot damsel, yellow damsel, purple tang, sand shifting starfish, and a red leg hermit crab. any ideas on who the culprit is on this matter? thanks mike

 

[jmike50]

also a a cleaner shrimp

 

[jennm]

Probably one of the damsels is fanning.

 

[jmike50]

I am thinking the yellow damsel....he is the biggiest almost 2.5 inches.....why do they so this? thanks

 

[jennm]

Females prepare a potential egg-laying spot. Clowns do it too.

 

[dine]

if this bothers you stay away from the watchman goby also. i swear his sole purpose in life is to bury zoas

 

[90galguy]

That and any other corals you place on the sandbed. Heck mind would bury fish if the stopped swimming long enough. But he does keep the sand clean.

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[tjyoung]

Lol also watch out for the diamond head goby I have a love hate relationship with mine he keeps my sand clean but keeps covering my acans

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[redstang]

Dine;764107 wrote: if this bothers you stay away from the watchman goby also. i swear his sole purpose in life is to bury zoas

No freaking doubt. Add in a pistol shrimp and it's full on bull dozing time.

 

[maelstrom79]

Lol second all the above. My zoas are covered, I need to move them to the new tank.

 

[rdnelson]

So if I move all my zoas to the sand, buy a diamond goby I can have a second tank????? I like this idea.

 

[90galguy]

Looks like this is the only answer!

rdnelson99;764151 wrote: So if I move all my zoas to the sand, buy a diamond goby I can have a second tank????? I like this idea.