Food for sand shifting star fish?

[maxwell50]

Hi I got sand shifting starfish that's. Losing tips. I tried to give it sea weed but it looks like it didn't take it. Is there any food you can spot feed it?

 

[albano]

Unfortunately, ‘sand sifting’ stars should be called ‘sand dying’ stars... they rarely last very long in a tank, and should not be purchased.

 

[Bryson.bobby]

As stated above, sand sifting stars usually die within a year or so after being purchased. This is because they eat copepods and will starve to death unless you add copepods to the display on a regular basis.

 

[maxwell50]

As stated above, sand sifting stars usually die within a year or so after being purchased. This is because they eat copepods and will starve to death unless you add copepods to the display on a regular basis.

I have plenty of pods in my tank and somstunex they climb on the starfish

 

[redfishbluefish]

I am not specifically familiar with sand sifters, but with other starfish, I've had success feeding clams. Go to you local market and purchase a couple clams. Freeze them. Now open one up and cut a piece off. (The freeze makes opening and cutting the clam a whole bunch easier.) Now put in some tank water to thaw for a couple minutes and now using forceps, place close to the starfish. If it's like the stars I've feed, they "smell" the clam and move to grab it. Folks don't realize that most starfish are meat eaters....not algae eaters.

 

[DSC reef]

I have plenty of pods in my tank and somstunex they climb on the starfish

These starfish eat the fauna in a sand bed. They will clear out a sand bed very quickly on an established tank. If your going to try to keep it then be prepared to feed meaty items. Typically they starve and die/decay under the sand bed. I would look into conchs/nassarius for a clean up crew versus a sand sifting starfish.

 

[Sallstrom]

Most starfish eat most things they can find. Try to place a piece of mussel meat or shrimp under the starfish. Just make sure no fish gets it. It might take a while before the starfish grab the food
We usually feed with boiled blue mussel meat which we buy frozen. Raw would probably be better.

 

[LobsterOfJustice]

You can try dropping some sinking pellets near it (might have to turn the pumps off for a minute or two).

 

[pusanpa]

Mine is around 5 years old in my 50g. Still looks healthy.