Live rock stability with burrowing critters

[Tinfoil_Anemone]

Just set this tank up and looking for inhabitants that will keep the sand clean as it becomes ready to host organisms.. the Rock used is actual live rock from Australia and is pretty light overall, one big giant piece with a few smaller ones placed around.. it collects A lot of detritus just because of the many secluded pockets where I can’t seem to get flow just from the few hermits in there cleaning it up. (Lots of fecal matter) I am looking for suggestions on best organisms to turn the sand bed over heavily and keep it well kept. I’m leaning towards a Goby / Pistol shrimp or pair but I am unsure of if it is safe to have one with the way the rock is laid as it sits just a little buried into the sand and not directly on the glass. Almost impossible to get it to do that in the first place as the many branches make it wobbly in the first place even on a solid surface. It’s not stacked or anything just one big piece laid across the bottom and again its pretty light in weight. My only concern is them burrowing and the large piece shifting and smacking the glass underneath.. Or rolling.. whichever. Also any suggestions on how to keep the inner areas clean besides just siphoning them out?? Thanks

 

[betareef]

Burrowing will gently lower the rock to the base of the tank, then it will settle and stop. Nothing in the picture looks big and heavy enough to cause any problems.

Get a plastic turkey baster and blow the rocks clean when they look bad. Eventually, life will encrust and fill in a lot of the places that are catching detritus now.

 

[Tinfoil_Anemone]

Burrowing will gently lower the rock to the base of the tank, then it will settle and stop. Nothing in the picture looks big and heavy enough to cause any problems.

Get a plastic turkey baster and blow the rocks clean when they look bad. Eventually, life will encrust and fill in a lot of the places that are catching detritus now.

Ahh ok that makes sense I suppose. I have only had the heavy Marco rock before with the base rock and it was all glued up. I guess it’s more of a problem with rocks falling then? Yes, I’ve been doing that really it’s just deep inside I cannot get to and worry about detritus building up so was looking for ideas on what would really get in there and potentially eat the excrement. Not sure if anything really does after the hermits have processed it do they? And if they do eat it they’ll just poop it back out too I suppose… My last was a NSA and I had no low flow spots so I never noticed this vast amount of crud building up.