Are Sand Sifter Starfish Any Good?

[fasturtle30]

someone can tell me if this type of starfish are good cleaning my sandbed?


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[romunov]

These animals are very efficient at what they do. That is, they eat animals in the sand bed. And when eat everything they can, they starve.

Something I would not put in my tank.

 

[lecher]

Most eventually starve to death, like romunov said. Unless you have a LARGE tank with a deep live sand bed and large fuge would help too.

 

[romunov]

Larger tanks just prolong the inevitable, meaning this isn't a solution.

To keep it, you would need several square meters (notice the vague language) of deep sand bad (30 cm if not more), replenished with fresh sand with creatures - just like in nature.

 

[Me No Nemo]

Plus, they pretty much wipe out all living critters in your sand bed...these are important to your biological filter. I'd say NO to adding one for sure.

 

[plummike]

Ive had mine over a year now. Greaty sand stirring ability.

 

[petoonia]

It can take up to 18 months for a sand sifting starfish to begin starving to death. Although some people do manage to keep them alive, they generally do die in home aquariums.

 

[fasturtle30]

hey guys i see many different opinios i just found this good looking starfish, SOMEONE TELL ME SOMETHING ABOUT THIS ONE PLEASE? :

http://www.saltwaterfish.com/site_1...ategory=4&category_search=63&root_parent_id=4

 

[greenbean36191]

Fromia is in the same boat as most of the pretty stars in the hobby. We don't know what they eat, but they don't seem to find enough of it except in very large tanks with lots of old LR. Typically they live for a few months to a year or so before they starve to death.