White Sand Starfish

[FitoPharmer]

Originally Posted by reefgirl189

He's so ugly he's cute.

I think I need one. Are they okay with any sand or does it need to be fine grade?

They do best in finer grades of sand.

[ILIKECOUGARS]

The sand sifting star will eat everything good in the sandbed and once the food starts to run low/out it will start to loose it arms and slowly die.

[janalta]

I've heard the same thing about sand sifting stars...but, my daughter brought one home because it was cool...and it's been thriving in my 55 gal tank for almost a year now.
My sandbed is clean but certainly not picked barren....lots of worm tunnels, etc.