[Mirkle]

i was at the LFS today and i seen a fish wich i should of got the name of.. but it would swim along the bottom and like pick up sand in its mouth than swim up a lil bit and have the sand vent out of its gills.. is this Blenny?

[Mirkle]

just looked at some fish and i think its a goby

[godzilla4rilla]

There are many kinds of sandsifting gobies.

[Ganrin]

Its most likely a Valenciennea or Amblygobius species goby. They are the most common sand sifters. Here is a page full of various sifters http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/s...fm?pCatId=1851.

The Valenciennea gobies (orange spotted diamond, goldenhead sleeper and a few others) are very active sifters, they tend to say close to sandbed, and are very good jumpers.
The Amblygobius gobies (most common is the dragon/banded) is also a good sifter, will get a bit larger than then the sleeper gobies, they tend to get a mouth full of sand then go over a favorite perching spot to sift which buries whatever they like to perch over(can be a coral), they are also jumpers.

Sand sifters will keep you sand very clean, but they will move the sand where they want it so you will have to decide if you can put up with that.

The two spot goby and the rainfordi goby are smaller sifters but have poor surviveability in aquariums due to feeding issues. A healthy, feeding rainfords is a decent choice for a small tank, two spot gobies rarely live long in captivity.

[cappy290]

Sounds like a bullet goby to me. I have one in my tank and thats what he does all day long. Correct me if i am wrong everyone.

[tomc1980]

Hehe there are alot of em. I have a yellow headed sleeper goby and all day long hes sifting sand. Then hides under a rock when the lights go out.

[Mirkle]

have you guys had them try and jump out of tank?