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Post by feerpeeker on Jul 20, 2013 8:08:55 GMT -5
Does anyone keep these types of starfish in their tanks? Do they really impact the pod population? Tips or opinions? Thanks
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Post by gotareef on Jul 20, 2013 8:37:14 GMT -5
ive had mine for probably around 7-8 years. it is a pain sometimes because it moves and knocks over corals in the sandbed
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Post by oceangirl2009 on Jul 20, 2013 9:33:06 GMT -5
I've heard you need a really large tank to keep them fed.
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Post by scoobnoob on Jul 21, 2013 11:31:14 GMT -5
I had two one in a 30xh and the other in a 24 cube both tanks were too small, I'd only try another one if I had a bigger tank
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Post by seamonkey84 on Jul 21, 2013 12:38:02 GMT -5
They eat all the critters in the sand that actually do the cleaning.
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Post by gotareef on Jul 21, 2013 13:30:57 GMT -5
mine is probably 6" from tip to tip, it started off small in one of my 75g tanks a long time ago.
I have never had a problem, I think he is the reason I dont have a problem with my "danger zone" sandbed (2"-3" sandbed)
the starfish stirs the sand so I dont have to. 99% of the time ppl dont clean the top 1/2" of sand like you are supposed to. so the sand bed gets over saturated, then when something is added that disturbs the sandbed they blame that. instead of the fact they had a time bomb for a sandbed waiting to explode.
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Post by jasonandsarah on Jul 22, 2013 7:09:44 GMT -5
I can't say that all of them are like this but mine borrows down during the day and sleeps in the same spot and comes out at night and eats extra foods off the top layer of my sand! I'm sure he eats some critters to but I've had mine for a few months and I don't think he's put a dent in my live sand population! And rob made a great point to he does keep my sand stirred up and I used to be worried about him eating all my critters to but there's so much sand to go through Idk if he can eat them much faster then they repopulate?? at least I hope he doesn't :-D
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