Actually my bad, I though your post was Leica starfish...I apologize... I had a sand sifter also but only lasted maybe 8 months.
It's a Fromia indica
Leicas love dirty glass. They come off the rocks to scoot around all over dirty tank glass.
Leicas or Linckia?
I'll try to get a pic, he usually does ithat while on the glass but my ******* flame angel(recently added) likes to give him a quick peck which causes him to tumble back down.
Cool, somewhat similar to the leica species.
I think it's so ironic right now that generally there will be several people saying how they're impossible to keep and they'll inevitably starve, yet here are several people pretty hyped about how much success were having!
I just know them as leica
Personally I doubt he'd go for Reef Roids unless it was somehow mixed with something native to him but you can always try
Oh ok...the technical name is Linckia so I just go with that
I thought that looked like a Linckia!!
Did you start with live rock?
I would say early on when my tank was full of GHA the starfish seemed fatter now at 14 months with a pretty established tank and little to no algae, they have thinned up. This is why I let the glass get dirty for them but they cover every inch of the tank and coral bases searching for food so there must be something in there for them. I dose phytoplankton daily to and wonder if they filter catch that also
No, wish I would have though.
With the GHA, they exude nutrients which microbes utilize and that was most likely the reason for him hunting there
I've had great success with inverts in my tank. Not sure why but I have huge snails now with elaborate shell patterns. I rarely see a dead one. My cleaner shrimp and fire shrimp are almost 5 inches now with huge antenna. 3 tuxedo urchins fat and happy. But I did have 2 emerald crabs dissappear after 4 months not sure why though but my GHA was all gone by then.
I've had several people shocked I'd raise a Fromia in a 10 gallon...
I'm not familiar enough to render an opinion but the general consensus on starfish is they need a large well established tank to be healthy. I'm probably on the small side. Most success long term seems to come from large tanks.
I know that now... however, It was started with 100% live rock from the ocean and I'm definitely aiding his natural diet now that I've done all that research. A larger tank is preferred though.
