Sand Sifting Star

[Drewbaby]

I got him about a week ago to help take care of any uneaten food matter that may end up in my sandbed, but he seems to spend quite a bit of time on the glass too. Is that normal?

When I see them at the LFS they are always buried in the sand.

 

[tarpon12]

can you put some pics up?

 

[lobstaâ„¢]

mine at first was on the glass then it discovered the nice dsb i had for it.. i think after a while they go back in the sand

 

[Drewbaby]

yea he went back into the sand, but he comes out sometimes to circle the tank on the walls and then goes back into the sand after a few hours

 

[J. Montgomery]

I got him about a week ago to help take care of any uneaten food matter that may end up in my sandbed, but he seems to spend quite a bit of time on the glass too. Is that normal?

When I see them at the LFS they are always buried in the sand.

IIRC, sand sifting stars eat microfauna in the sand (i.e. living organisms, not left over fish flakes) and will not help you with your uneaten food matter, regardless of what the local fish store told you. Chances are, the star is already starving and thats why its roaming the glass in a desperate attempt to find food.