I have 2 quarter size brittle stars that came in on the live rock. They have been in the tank 10 of the 11 months its been running.
I feed them shrimp when I remember.
I feed them shrimp when I remember.
What do sand sifting starfish eat?
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While not sand-sifting (at least mine doesn't) if you are just looking for a starfish, a Common Starfish might be a good choice. Mine roams around the tank but will come to the top front when he's hungry, and arch out his middle. I gently place pieces of meat under him and it's very cool to watch him extrude his stomach on the glass to eat. I also have a large brittle- don't worry that you can't buy one, you'd only ever see legs sticking out of the rocks anyway LOL. Both are probably 5 inches? A few white mini brittle also, SOMEwhere.
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LOL Nice starfish btwWhile not sand-sifting (at least mine doesn't) if you are just looking for a starfish, a Common Starfish might be a good choice. Mine roams around the tank but will come to the top front when he's hungry, and arch out his middle. I gently place pieces of meat under him and it's very cool to watch him extrude his stomach on the glass to eat. I also have a large brittle- don't worry that you can't buy one, you'd only ever see legs sticking out of the rocks anyway LOL
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Thats about all I ever see of mine too lol.While not sand-sifting (at least mine doesn't) if you are just looking for a starfish, a Common Starfish might be a good choice. Mine roams around the tank but will come to the top front when he's hungry, and arch out his middle. I gently place pieces of meat under him and it's very cool to watch him extrude his stomach on the glass to eat. I also have a large brittle- don't worry that you can't buy one, you'd only ever see legs sticking out of the rocks anyway LOL
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Believe it or not I cannot even find a COMMON Starfish like, COMMON but I this store does have a lot of starfish if you wanna know what they are.While not sand-sifting (at least mine doesn't) if you are just looking for a starfish, a Common Starfish might be a good choice. Mine roams around the tank but will come to the top front when he's hungry, and arch out his middle. I gently place pieces of meat under him and it's very cool to watch him extrude his stomach on the glass to eat. I also have a large brittle- don't worry that you can't buy one, you'd only ever see legs sticking out of the rocks anyway LOL. Both are probably 5 inches? A few white mini brittle also, SOMEwhere.
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I have a sand sifter in my frag tank as it has sand but my 120 is BB.
I hardley ever see it as its buried most of the time.
I hardley ever see it as its buried most of the time.
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Right? And sometimes not even that. You'll think they're dead somewhere and then a leg pops up. Like, where WERE you????Thats about all I ever see of mine too lol.
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I got him from KP Aquatics, and actually the brittle was hiding in some live rock I bought from them also. I have a tuxedo urchin, 3 Pencil urchins, and a baby black spiny. I only BOUGHT the tuxedo hahaha
I have 2 urchins in my 120.
A black tuxedo and a halloween.
You need lots of coralline for them.
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AwesomeI have 2 urchins in my 120.
A black tuxedo and a halloween.
You need lots of coralline for them.
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I think the problem with that would be that sand harbors an immense population of copepods and other reef bugs. Turn off your lights and flow, and look with a flashlight at the sand, you should tons of tiny bugs eating detritus and hopping about. Without the sand and it's tiny inhabitants, the star might starve.
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