Starfish Question

[FlyingL0]

One of my sand sifting stars is acting funny. All of my levels are zero, and the other starfish is doing fine.

 

[JohnNLuc]

It could possibly be he's starving? If he isint target fed and he's eliminated all the food in your DSB he might just have nothing else to live on. I would give him a day see if its still the same than if so try target feeding him.

 

[FlyingL0]

How and what would I target feed him?

Hes flattened out now and seems to be normal again, but if there is problem I certainly want to address it.

 

[JohnNLuc]

If he is acting normal again I wouldnt be too concerned. But like I said with a 47G tank unless it is quite established you will have problems in the future with a sand sifting star let alone two of them. They will work through that sand bed in no time. As far as food you could try a variety of blender mush. My fish and inverts seem to LOVE this stuff. I would just leave a peice under him and he should be able to figure out the rest. HTH

 

[FlyingL0]

Whats blender mush? Sorry im a newb.

 

[JohnNLuc]

Blender mush you really can't screw up. Recipes differ from one person to another but the one I personally use consists of shrimp, mussels, clams, scallops, nori, phytoplankton and some seawater all put in the blender and than put into ziplock baggies and frozen for later use.