sand stars vs. Pods
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ndpb6b
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I did have a brittle (serpent) star when I first started out in Saltwater and he did great. He would be under the rocks and when I would feed I would see his arms come out from under the rocks and grap flakes and at night he would be out all over the rocks. In a few months if I can get the proper setup for a proper reef setup I would love to plan to get another. They need rock work and good water quality as far as I can tell and have heard. Mine was wounded and since I didn't keep the water quality high enough he got an infection and didn't make it. Big loss.
sleeri
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Brittle stars are great. Just watch your water quality or they'll start droping pieces of themselves all over (happened to me a few years ago when my water quality dropped-stupid me!). I feed mine by hand and I love him. He's thrived in my tank. They can get big... something to keep in mind.
bang guy
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Originally posted by ndpb6b
No it's not that deep, an inch or so, but I don't want any build up of dead materials in the substrate since I can't vaccum it (sugarsand).
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Do you mind seeing worms on the sand? Cirratulid worms will remove detritus. As will Cerith snails and Black Atlantic Cucumbers.
reefer44
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i like my sand sifting star.....and on real reefs there really is not to much fuana in the sand......but that is near the sps flats....moving towards the lagoons and more nuitrient rich sand then the fuana starts to proliferate......if you ever gone diving you will see that there isn't much life in the sand.....just cucs. and stars (there is a great thread on -- about it)
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badkharma
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Originally posted by viet-tin
conches, hermits, snails all are good. Just be careful with the blue leg hermits, Ive heard that they might try and eat your fish if given the chance.
A blue-leg hermit eating a fish? Maybe if it's dead beforehand....they will attack your snails and other types of hermits though...but not fish.
ndpb6b
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Originally posted by Bang Guy
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Do you mind seeing worms on the sand? Cirratulid worms will remove detritus. As will Cerith snails and Black Atlantic Cucumbers.
Not at all. I love to see life of all kind in the tank. Especially if it seems to be self-sustained life. I would rather have things be able to live on their own for a little while incase I had to reglect it (worst case scenerio). As far as I am concerned all of the little life in the sand and rocks is as interesting as the fish and inverts. Aren't cucumbers poosibly hazardous if they die in the aquarium? Also what is a Cerith snail?
bang guy
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The Black Atlantic Cucumber isn't risky. It's even edible (yuck). This site sells a Black one from the Indian Ocean, I believe they are similar.
Here's a Cerith Snail
Cerith Snail
Here's a Cerith Snail
Cerith Snail