Caught some sandsifters yesterday

[Raysxb]

We recently had a powerful storm and some pretty rough seas. So I decided to head to the beach and look for some critters at low tide. I live about a mile inland from the atlantic ocean. I ended up collecting over 100 sandsifting star fish in all different sizes. I had over half of a 5 gallon salt bucket full! I gave about 75 to the local pet store. I Still have about 25 or so left. I will try to post some pix tomorrow.

 

[hackteck]

That's pretty cool

 

[tjm80]

 

[classklown90]

sooo what your saying is that your giving them away for free lol

 

[hackteck]

ya i wanna see some pictures lol

 

[Raysxb]

I am uploading photos as we speak. it'll be a few mins. Also in a different thread I will post pix of my tanks.

If you wanna pay for shipping I will give you one...

 

[Raysxb]

 

[Raysxb]

i posted pix but it said that the admin had to approve them first???

 

[tjm80]

I upload mine to flickr.com then copy and paste the BB Code into the message and the pics post immediately

 

[Raysxb]

i did the same thing but with photobucket. i just think it happened cause im new here...

 

[thominil]

Please don't go collecting from beaches or any wild habitat for that matter. Local laws may prohibit it. There is also the risk of them carrying unwanted hitchhikers into your tank. Another risk is that they are not used to parameter fluctuations, and may be very sensitive.

 

[Raysxb]

we actually had thousands of these was up on our beach after the storm. It made national news. All that were kept were acclimated over several hours and i got permission from local authorities first before i took them home.

But yes, i understand what you are saying. Collecting the animals without the proper licensing and or permits can really land you in a heap of trouble with the law.

 

[SteveFishman]

Sounds cool I wish I lived near an ocean

 

[Raysxb]

Sounds cool I wish I lived near an ocean

thats what they all say till a storm is coming... lol

 

[SteveFishman]

Yeah good point but snow and tornadoes suck just as bad

 

[hackteck]

Wow those pics are crazy so many stars lol

 

[mr_X]

all of those stars will starve to death. they need quite a bit of microfauna that is found in the sand. there's simply not enough in most aquariums.

 

[Raysxb]

They are actually going back into the ocean. The area where they got washed ashore is where the ocean feeds into the march....fresh water which is why they were beaching themselves in the first place.