Sand Sifting Star

The sand sifting stars mainly eat detritus, they are reef safe and wont harm corals. They stay buried in the sand and dont move much until they are finished with one area. People say they will decinigrate your pods and such, but what fish or invert wont? I have my sand sifting star and Diamong goby in my 125 and have been fine for 2 years now. There are alot of other critters in the sand bed also, I say have fun with the sifting star

 

Pretty sure mine is starving... shrinking.. limb loss, etc..

Again, don't get these things unless you have a big tank with an established and deep sand bed.. I don't think anyone has figured out how to feed them otherwise.

 

My sandsifter has been in the tank for at least a year maybe more. It has never hurt any of my corals and I have never seen it on the rocks. It does appear to be getting a little larger 3.5-4 in but seems to get around just fine in my 120 gl.

Cindy

 

Mine has been in my tank for 2 weeks. I noticed a couple of days ago, half of one arm was missing and another had a 'cut' in it. Today, it only has 2 arms, the rest are stubs. Either a case of disintegration, or I have a predator lurking in my tank. Could my lovely fiji rock be hiding a mantis shrimp? [smiley=worried.gif]

 

i was thinking of getting a sand sifter star because now i have a brittle star and it might eat any fish i get or my scallop so i'm gonna get a sand sifter star.

 

i was thinking of getting a sand sifter star because now i have a brittle star and it might eat any fish i get or my scallop so i'm gonna get a sand sifter star. Are they a very good sand stirer, judging by the name they should be.

 

Are you keeping the brittle star?
I really don't know anything about them. I would like to have a orange linkia some day. I understand that they stay out during the day and they climb on the glass. I think that would be pretty neat. I assume that the linkia and sandsifter would get along. I guess I need to research that a bit first.

Cindy

 

i might get rid of it when i get fish or other inverts that might get eaten.

 

Sorry, I was thinking that you already had some fishies.

Cindy

 

no if i did it probley would of ate them.