Starfish help

[hollywooddiver]

I have a 10g tank with live rock and some snails and 6 hermits. I bought a sand sifting starfish before i had read the post on here about them being not easy. Any advice on aiding and keeping the starfish alive and well and not hungry?

 

[mboswell1982]

no sense in starting 2 threads man, someone who knows the answer will reply as soon as they get online, just be patient, i know its hard, but, trust me, patience is about the best thing you can have in this hobby, and im still learning that lesson everyday LOL

 

[ophiura]

There is really nothing that can be done in that size tank, in most cases. You can hope you got the wrong species- and try and feed it. But in general the star will probably die in that size tank in 6 - 12 months, though I suspect sooner in that size tank. I would return it, personally, or find someone with a much larger system.

 

[hollywooddiver]

ok thank you folks.

 

[hollywooddiver]

would you guys recommend i just switch it over to a reef set-up. i am gonna take the starfish back. oh and what about my clown goby? is he cool in my 10g? he is only maybe like 3/4"

 

[mboswell1982]

you are gonna need much better lights if you are plannin on switching over to reef

 

[knockout]

return the star and the goby should be ok!

 

[dustyboy316]

Your Goby should be fine if the rock has cycled. If not I'd bring him back.
Take the star fish back though, it will starve.

 

[hollywooddiver]

yeah i took the starfish back. what do you mean if the rock has cycled? sorry if these questions are dumb i am new to such a small tank. i had a 65g reef like 8 years ago so i know some but it was really just trusting what the fish store told me.