Sand dollars

[Elmer]

Does any body have sand dollars in their aquarium?

 

[brett_schn]

Not yet I’m going to pick some up at a reef near my house though and qt it

 

[Kmsutows]

I was very interested in getting one until I read how unsuccessful people are at keeping them

 

[brett_schn]

I have had luck in an uncylced 5g bucket with sand some rock natural sea water and a bubbler for 3 days. I would have had it longer but I was leaving and couldn’t bring it home

 

[Elmer]

Well the wife bought one so we I'll see how it goes it's burrowed in the sand now

 

[brett_schn]

Well the wife bought one so we I'll see how it goes it's burrowed in the sand now

That’s what they do

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Just keep in mind what a sand dollar is an what it eats.

Its an urchin. But it burrows and also filter feeds from the WC trapping particles. So an established sand bed is a must and supplemental feedings are probably needed. Unlike a motile urchin that scrapes rock for a living, the dollar scrapes the sand so to speak.

Qt on a species will be particularly tricky.

 

[radiata]

A while back I kept one for a few years. I only saw it when his under-sand wanderings brought him to the front glass panel of the tank. I think they need a pretty dirty sand-bed to thrive.