sand sifting starfish

Debated on these for clean up crew, but are they a good choice? Whats your experiences?

Hi, I can tell my sand sifting starfish is dying. There is still plenty of algae in the tank on the rocks but it only stays in the sand. So I've been trying to make sure there was always so extra algae pellets that would fall in the sand bed but I don't think the starfish is picking it up...

Hello, I'm having some concerns with my sand sifting sea star. I've done some research on what to do in this case and I'm adraid he may be starving. I saw elsewhere that I should try feeding Reef Roids, however If my lfs doesn't have any reef roids would it work to purchase microorganisms of...

Hey guys will nassarius do a decent enough job of turnover to prevent my sandbed from becoming a solid mess of algea? I have some in my 32 biocube and a sand sifting conch and my sand is beautiful. In my 16G I only have a smaller conch and he doesn’t do enough to keep the sand clean at all. It’s...

I'm considering getting a sand sifting star, because of their ability to CLEAN the sand. I need something to actually clean, and not stir like the nassarius snails do. I have a good amount of Nassarius snails, and I hate that the sand has detritus and stuff in it, and I don't want anything...

I've heard that pincushion and tuxedo urchins will starfish. Has anyone experienced that, or is it safe to keep both in the tank at the same time?

So I have had verying degrees of information. Can not find a big thread on what starfish are good and “bad”. Are there any Starfish that will actually adapt and be fine with tank life? I would like to stay towards the super colorful range but if that is not possible its fine. Any and all care...

My pistol shrimp took large chunks off of my sand sifting starfish Some of the legs are torn and the mouth seems to be impaired do you think the starfish could live ? It is still moving for now the pistol shrimp will be donated , this is the 3rd fish/invert he has murdered

Hello R2R! I woke up this morning to see my sand sifting Star has been sadly gnawed at...so who may be our possible suspects? ‘No new additions to this three-month old 100 gallon tank, but there was a new piece of very live rock (tunicates, sponges, etc) added to the sump three days ago. The...

Came home to this today. Video here: https://vid.me/nzMlr

Hi Guys, I've got a newish (7 months) 20 gals FOWLR (plus one anemone) tank that has been ticking along really well. I've got 2 x Clown, 1 x BTA that my clowns love, as well as a lawnmower blennie. I also have 2 x Nassarius snails. The Nassarius weren't quite able to keep up with Algae, so I...