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10-02-2007, 07:31 AM
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| | Plankton
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Albemarle, NC Age: 22
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 |  Sand Sifting Star lost a limb....
Hello all. I have had a sand sifting sea star in my tank for going on 2 years now and have never had any problems from him. Every once in a while he'll come out from the sand and climb on the glass. He did this Sunday night but had actually got one of his legs caught in a power head. (We had taken the filter off to clean it) It completely chopped off half of his leg and I thought he was dead b/c his other legs were all curled up around his body. I felt absolutley horrible that I let this happen to my star fish so I let him be for a few minutes until I could bare to take him out. Later on I had noticed that he moved down the glass and was actually still alive, and now he is actually back down in the sand as he usually is. Now I have heard that star fish will grow their legs back if they lose one, Is this also true for the sand sifting star? _________ BBEBBER 
46gl bow front
Yellow Tang, Female Bird Wrasse, Tomato Clown, Black Damsel, Large ocean crab, Sandsifting Starfish with lots of little babies - 30lbs LR and a deep sand bed with 10gl refugium
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10-02-2007, 07:44 AM
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| | Hammer Head Shark
Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Louisville, GA Age: 45
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Yes they will grow them back. My coral banded shrimp lost a claw and he grew it back about a week later. Your star will probably hide for a little while. _________ Got Questions? Need Answers?
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10-02-2007, 08:01 AM
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| | 3reef Sponsor
Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Va/Ct
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For what its worth ??? You are not supposed to use digging animals in a DSB its eating what you don't already have enough of.. _________ Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible (Doug Larson) | |
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10-02-2007, 09:04 AM
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| | Gnarly Old Codfish
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Silverdale, Washington Age: 58
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Originally Posted by Tangster  For what its worth ??? You are not supposed to use digging animals in a DSB its eating what you don't already have enough of.. |
Am pretty sure I read once, that a starfish can regenerate itself from a single leg. 
You may wind up having two eventurally. _________ AG "125," AquaC EV 180, 30 gal sump, "SCWD", 80 lbs LR, CoralSeaLife "Moonlite" Hood, PFO 250W HQI Mini-Pendant (SPS HQI 14000k bulb)
12 Gallon NanoCube - 24w stock PC 50/50 light "...nothing good ever happens fast in a reef tank, only bad things happen fast..."
- MIKE PALLETTA - (Davis Family Reef Aquarium - Home Page/Reef Log) (Best Photos of 2008!) | |
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10-02-2007, 12:10 PM
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| | KingFish
Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Pt. Richmond, Ca. Age: 38
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Mine started falling apart on it's own. Calfo told me they favor huge tanks to thrive. | |
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10-02-2007, 12:40 PM
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| | Gnarly Old Codfish
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Silverdale, Washington Age: 58
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Time to get a Harlequin...It will take of rest for you.  | |
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10-02-2007, 04:47 PM
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| | Hammer Head Shark
Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Louisville, GA Age: 45
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As long as the disk itself didn't get harmed it will regenerate. I had one that fell apart a long time ago, when I first set my tank up and then it eventually died. Mine died from bad water quality.  You won't have two of them since the disk didn't get split, but it would have died from that, IMO... | |
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