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  1. jimmyray

    My sand sifting star is dead...

    awesome! thats what i'm working on...
  2. jimmyray

    My sand sifting star is dead...

    oh wow... thanks for the info... so i'm in the process of slowly bringing up my salinity now... so is there an hr to ppt ratio that i should know about?
  3. jimmyray

    My sand sifting star is dead...

    yeah i was planning on getting a refractometer at some point... just haven't been able to yet. (i've only been doing this since early may) thanks so much for everyones help!
  4. jimmyray

    My sand sifting star is dead...

    right now i'm just using a hydrometer... i thought my SG was suppose to be around 1.022 so i'll slowly start to raise that... yeah i did research on him... got him, then did more research and found out i didn't need him...
  5. jimmyray

    My sand sifting star is dead...

    ok.. i'll be more careful from now on... i dont think i'll be getting another one of those... in the future what should i do to prevent acclimation shock? how long should he have acclimated...
  6. jimmyray

    My sand sifting star is dead...

    really? wow... the temp is between 76 and 77... but this difference in salinity would cause him to fall apart like that? live and learn i guess... he was ok for a few days though he was good and active for a good few days before he lost his first leg and for a while after that...
  7. jimmyray

    My sand sifting star is dead...

    I'm not sure the Salinity of the store mine is at 1.022 i drip acclimated him for about 4 hrs... floated him around in the bag of water to get him to the right temp... he was ok for a few days... just running around doing his thing... then one day one leg gone and a few days later... torn in...
  8. jimmyray

    My sand sifting star is dead...

    Hi everyone... I'm new here... this is my first post. i have a 55 gal tank and i was wanting to get something to stir up the sand a little bit... i did a little reading on the SSS because there was one at my LFS. I went ahead and picked it up... then did a little more research and decided maybe...
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