i want some different stuffs

[nycsicktank]

other than fish and snails, i want to try different stuffs. i want challenge!:grinyes: i want to have pistol/shrimp pair with sand sifting sea star. is this possible? i know my purple firefish has to go though

i heard sea stars can eat good stuffs in your sand and they will starve them self if they dont have any?

p.s: im thinking about the sea slugs... after awhile lol

 

[Grins]

How big is your tank again? Most people don't have a large enough tank to keep sifting stars healthy and alive from everything I've read.

 

[nycsicktank]

75 gallon. most stars get to 1'

someone told me i should get more snails to sift my sands. i got 2 Halichoeres's wrasses that will eat my snails sooner or later. so i need something else other than snails

 

[Grins]

You have a lunar don't you?

 

[nycsicktank]

nope, lunar is in Thalassoma family.

i got melanurus, mccoskeri, lemon merengue and exquisite wrasses

if there isnt any sea stars i could get right now then perhaps sifter gobies? but then i cant have pistol/gobies :thumbsdown:

 

[Grins]

I don't think a star would be safe with your current wrasses, they are part of their natural diet I think.

 

[nycsicktank]

okay i guess star is out of the game. will they be chance with shrimp/pistol with sifter goby?

 

[Ace25]

My japanese pistol shrimp hangs out with my yellow watchman every so often. The watchman seems to do the pairing thing, leading the shrimp around, so it has paired when they want to.

 

[nycsicktank]

im worried about sifter goby fighting with a another goby that will pair up with a pistol. thats two different gobies in one tank=(

 

[Grins]

What kind of sifter do you have? My tank is smaller and I'd not put another sifter in with my banded.