sandsifting starfish
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Topic: sandsifting starfish
Posted By: ljbs
Subject: sandsifting starfish
Date Posted: October 30 2005 at 10:22am
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My ss star is having a problem. I have had him for two years now
with no trouble. Now he is loosing his legs a bit at a time.
Will said he may not be getting enough food. Carl posted about
using an anti fungal cream. I'll try that and I also took him out
of the main tank and put him into a container with frozen phyto to see
if he would eat that. Anyone have any ideas to help me not loose
him? I feed pretty heavy for the fish and coral and only have a
few snails but a lot of crabs in the tank. There are also some
bristle worms. I don't have anything else that moves through the
sand. I lost the jawfish a couple of months ago. I don't
general see many copopods in or on the sand.
------------- Linda Spencer West Jordan From My little corner of the sea |
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Posted By: Mark Peterson
Date Posted: October 30 2005 at 11:30am
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Sand Sifting Stars are murder on sand beds. I'm not happy to read that it is dieing but now that you have come here with the problem, please don't buy another one for a long time. If after two years you feel you must have one, keep it for a few months then give it to another large tank for a few months, and so on. For the record, Jawfish are also murder on sand beds. I strongly suspect it also died of starvation. Personally, I prefer cucumbers. They don't seem to eat as much of the life in the sand, they move slower eating less... My 2 cents. ------------- Reefkeeping Tips, & quick, easy setup tricks: www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9244 Pay it forward - become a paid WMAS member 
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Posted By: Sand Bubbler
Date Posted: November 07 2005 at 8:03am
Why do you say that they are murder on sandbeds when I have read and been told that they help the sand bed? As to what I have been told they clear out dead spots and help keep things running right. |
Mark Peterson wrote:Posted By: Adam Haycock
Date Posted: November 07 2005 at 8:23am
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Sand Sifting Stars are accused of eating sand-bed organisms that are said to be beneficial to the tank ------------- 
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