Sand Sifting Goby enemy to which corals?

[reeferanonymous]

Hey guys,

Wondering what corals are very sensitive to sand being blown onto them.

I am considering a sleeper goby, but have read issues with the falling sand killing corals.

My tank is primarily:

GSP
Zoas
Hammers
Torches
Gonis

Anyone think sand from a sifting goby will have a serious impact on any of these corals?

I did read that Acans, brain corals, plate corals are very sensitive to sand.

Thanks!

 

[anthonys51]

They all should be fine. It’s really just Corals that lay on the sand.

 

[Nicholas Waggoner]

You could probably counter act the sand being left on coral for long periods of time by having a large granule sand and higher flow... that may work.

 

[TonapahNorth]

It wont matter what size sand. You will just have to dedicate yourself to blowing the sand off. It is a relentless assault on any corals that grow on rocks near the substrate or any corals that sit on the substrate. Bury anything and it will die.

the sand sifters, particularly a diamonds ime, will just wholesale move sand. its just what they do.

 

[lariat8099]

Mine loves burying my rock flower nem. I have to blow it off daily. But he's got his own little den under my aqua scape he has clear a spot down to the glass. So fat no avalanche of rocks Knock on wood.. lol Glues holding everything together.