What starfish is best for my tank

[bobmakespancakes]

I have seen that the brittle starfish and the sandsifting starfish are good but i only have a 13 gallon tank. would either of them eat my mocha clownfish, firefish or peppermint shrimp?

 

[Snuffy The Seal]

sand sifters probably wont find alot of food in a new tank, and the brittle star might get too large. Try to get one of the small species of brittle star and see from there.

 

[Florida Sunshine]

Sand sifter will starve for sure in a new or small tank and this is both.
I have a serpent star but I would think he was a bit large for your tank. Really that small you would be best with micro-brittle stars and asterina both of which will likely come in time.

 

[Warren_Jakarta]

I agree with excluding the sand-sifter - They will run out of food in your size of tank

 

[bobmakespancakes]

ok thank you!

 

[Wolf89]

Yep, sand sifting stars will starve in any tank below 200 gallons. They are never beneficial in tanks of our size. Best left in the oceans

 

[Warren_Jakarta]

Sorry to hijack the post a little - how is the appetite of a sandsifter comparable to an urchin?

 

[Wolf89]

Sorry to hijack the post a little - how is the appetite of a sandsifter comparable to an urchin?

Sandsifters have different appetites. Urchins eat algae. Sand shifters dont. They eat pods, worms, and uneaten food. Sandsifters can eat a ton

 

[Warren_Jakarta]

Sandsifters have different appetites. Urchins eat algae. Sand shifters dont. They eat pods, worms, and uneaten food. Sandsifters can eat a ton

Thanks - that's excellent!