Sand sifting starfish

[philbo32]

Some types of starfish feed on mussels, I was wondering I have a sand sifting starfish and want to add a conch and a clam at some point in the future, will this be OK. Would the starfish beable to eat the clam or conch or are they compatible?

Phil

 

[philbo32]

Nobody?

 

[cloak]

I'm guessing a sand sifting starfish would sift the sand. Pods worms and such. I wouldn't worry about it. A verification on the star would be great though. Just to tell.

 

[greenbean36191]

Sand sifting stars feed mostly on small mollusks and some small crustaceans in the sand. They don't pose a threat to your other animals, but they pose a threat to the sandbed itself and to themselves since they will eat themselves out of house and home.

 

[philbo32]

Thanks, thought I might have been worrying about nothing. I don't have any pics of the top of the starfish just the underside, was going to take a pic this morning but it has burried itself.

 

[fatkatx]

My sand sifting star sifts away nonstop and ignores my large mollusks, I've read they're mostly detritivors, in addition to small morsels they find in the SB. no worries i'd say