Starfish ID

[Joe del Rey]

I bough a live rock this morning and I saw this crawling out at night, sifting though the sand. I had to take it out of the tank and put it in the plastic cup for a moment to take better pictures of it. What sort of starfish could this be? Is it good? How big could it get?

 

[sfin52]

sand sifter. A reef safe

 

[Orko]

An excellent addition to to your tank!

 

[DSC reef]

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[sfin52]

I'd try to return that to a LFS. Your tank is new and that starfish feeds on the fauna growing in your sand bed. Most starve in reef aquariums.

I agree with @DSC reef

 

[Camaro Show Corals]

most I see are around 5 inches. I wouldn't add one to a super new system without much fauna but if you have a cuc and the uglys they make a great member of the cuc!

 

[DSC reef]

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[sfin52]

If your looking for a CUC I would suggest conchs over sand sifting starfish.

Agree again

 

[Mark3]

yep....sand sifter....need to buy one about every week or so to feed to Harlequin shrimp.....feeder star fish.... they can get pretty good size, about the size of your hand.

I don't think it will live for long in an new sand bed?

 

[Joe del Rey]

sand sifter. A reef safe

I see. Thanks

 

[Joe del Rey]

I'd try to return that to a LFS. Your tank is new and that starfish feeds on the fauna growing in your sand bed. Most starve in reef aquariums.

Thanks for the suggestion. I'll return it by tomorrow. For now, the start is in the quarantine tank.