All About The Sand Sifting Starfish or Sea Star

This is who you need to sift that sand around to keep it pretty white! They don't knock your corals over like a fighting conch would and they get the job done. Make sure to acclimate them slowly so that they get used to the salinity.
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  • @brentjustinchua2422
    @brentjustinchua2422 Жыл бұрын

    This fish looks so amazing black and yellow Thank you for sharing this video🤗

  • @ericplude6956
    @ericplude69565 жыл бұрын

    Love your videos man! Very informative and concise

  • @BrockLeonard

    @BrockLeonard

    5 жыл бұрын

    Eric Plude Thank you for watching dude!

  • @tinaanderson6199
    @tinaanderson61992 жыл бұрын

    Omg I am so glad you brought up the python! I hope I remember to move him before I vac the sand!

  • @kalkanort9333
    @kalkanort93336 жыл бұрын

    I think my star is starving he climbs the glass every day i read somewhere that means they are looking for new food places. Great to see you are active again!!!! (you said my comment in the video commented too soon.)

  • @thecreaturescorner539

    @thecreaturescorner539

    Ай бұрын

    Is he still alive?

  • @adambaker1429
    @adambaker14293 жыл бұрын

    great video series brother !

  • @BrockLeonard

    @BrockLeonard

    3 жыл бұрын

    So glad you came by to watch!

  • @alu3936
    @alu39363 жыл бұрын

    Great info. Answered my exact questions

  • @BrockLeonard

    @BrockLeonard

    3 жыл бұрын

    So glad I could help! Thanks for watching.

  • @jacksonsparrow8865
    @jacksonsparrow886513 күн бұрын

    You say care level is easy, i keep reading people saying they wipe out all of your good bacteria and end up harming your tank

  • @macaronifanatic7287
    @macaronifanatic72872 жыл бұрын

    I need to get one of these my detritus is out of control.

  • @lauramills2627
    @lauramills26273 жыл бұрын

    Why would our sand star be up on all legs in a bent form. Like his body raised up off the ground and all his legs on the bottom

  • @krishnar1182
    @krishnar11826 жыл бұрын

    You said salinity or 1.023-1.025 (although I think 1.024-1.026 might be better). However the writing on the side says 1.020-1.025. I think anything below 1.023 would likely kill any invertebrates.

  • @calamari.jaksun8914

    @calamari.jaksun8914

    5 жыл бұрын

    Not really. Clibarnarius species like Blue/Red Leg Hermits do venture off in brackish water such as Clibanarius vittatus.

  • @tylerkiel5418

    @tylerkiel5418

    Жыл бұрын

    @@calamari.jaksun8914 lots can thrive in hot high salinity waters - think tidal pools

  • @jacksonsparrow8865
    @jacksonsparrow886513 күн бұрын

    Ive done a lot of research and most people say they are very hard to keep

  • @rogerandout1767
    @rogerandout17675 жыл бұрын

    Liked your videos. Also, really like the summary from care level to water parameters. Intro. to your videos bit hard to get through though ;o)

  • @BrockLeonard

    @BrockLeonard

    5 жыл бұрын

    Roger Andout haha😂 thank you so much for watching!!

  • @sueaustin9093
    @sueaustin9093 Жыл бұрын

    Love Starfish 😊

  • @ethanbarker9046
    @ethanbarker90466 жыл бұрын

    Hey Brock!! I was wondering some great hardy fish (I’m a beginner) for a 55 gallon reef!! I have a pink spotted goby, a pair of ocellaris clownfish, and a coral beauty angel! I was thinking of a yellow tang! Any other suggestions for my tank or is that enough fish?! Thanks!!

  • @BrockLeonard

    @BrockLeonard

    6 жыл бұрын

    Ethan Barker That all sounds great! That’ll get you to 5. Normally I say a fish every ten gallons, but if you wanted to add a couple more you could. Cardinals, Pseudochromis, and basslets are some other hardy fish that are easy to take care of.

  • @sophiaburnett7764

    @sophiaburnett7764

    6 жыл бұрын

    Brock Leonard i know this is not about him but im doing a poison dart frog setup! Cool vid so far!

  • @sophiaburnett7764

    @sophiaburnett7764

    6 жыл бұрын

    Brock Leonard oh and can you sub to me?

  • @bjhubbard3922
    @bjhubbard39222 жыл бұрын

    I'm thinking about get a sand swifting starfish but I have a yellow coris wrasse will the starfish bother the wrasse when its buried?

  • @BrockLeonard

    @BrockLeonard

    2 жыл бұрын

    They might run into each other on rare occurrences, but nothing harmful.

  • @andym209
    @andym2093 жыл бұрын

    Will they eat cleaning shrimp and urchin

  • @ljcorner7393
    @ljcorner739310 ай бұрын

    How long do I acclimate

  • @rotciv198606
    @rotciv1986065 жыл бұрын

    will they help with green algea on sand bed?

  • @BrockLeonard

    @BrockLeonard

    5 жыл бұрын

    Victor Carrillo a lot of times they will go directly under the sand first but eventually they tend to get to it

  • @abdelrahmankhalil6156
    @abdelrahmankhalil61564 жыл бұрын

    I had one that was 5’’

  • @mryes413
    @mryes4133 ай бұрын

    I have ine in my 40G breeder, and it buried itself in the sand.

  • @BrockLeonard

    @BrockLeonard

    3 ай бұрын

    They do a killer job

  • @jeffsreeftank3991
    @jeffsreeftank39916 жыл бұрын

    These guys are great, I have 2.

  • @nicholassoong1981
    @nicholassoong19815 жыл бұрын

    My sand sifter started climbing glass n that's when I gave some chopped shrimp but he ignored n somehow fell off. Do u spot feeding them making sure they're not starving? BTW I have 3 hermit crabs who constantly hungry n they will pick all the leftover food

  • @BrockLeonard

    @BrockLeonard

    5 жыл бұрын

    Clorox Bleach set him on the sand on top of a tiny tiny piece of shrimp and see if he’ll eat it.

  • @nicholassoong1981

    @nicholassoong1981

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@BrockLeonard I did. But he completely ignored the food, its a chopped shrimp with garlic. I'm afraid it will starve, coz the first one I got I believe he was starving as he climbed up the glass for 2 days n slowly died the next day. I don't want to loose another sand sifter 😩. I have done my research though it says they r easy to keep 😭

  • @BrockLeonard

    @BrockLeonard

    5 жыл бұрын

    Clorox Bleach Have you done a complete water test on your tank? Check everything. Especially salinity.

  • @nicholassoong1981

    @nicholassoong1981

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@BrockLeonard I did. Water parameters look fine. Looks like he's gonna die if he doesn't take up the food I offered 😔

  • @BrockLeonard

    @BrockLeonard

    5 жыл бұрын

    Clorox Bleach dang it. Just let em be. Heck maybe he just really wants that algae on the glass.

  • @mrlumpy524
    @mrlumpy5245 жыл бұрын

    Do they work in gravel?

  • @BrockLeonard

    @BrockLeonard

    5 жыл бұрын

    William MacLeod They normally have to have a fine sand bed for them to burrow in.

  • @helbrassen4576
    @helbrassen45765 жыл бұрын

    the sand don't seem to be the finest, what size is each pellet?

  • @BrockLeonard

    @BrockLeonard

    5 жыл бұрын

    Rogal Dorn some as small as .5mm to about 3mm

  • @nancyvallejo9149
    @nancyvallejo91493 ай бұрын

    My sifting sea star lost her leg is she going to die? Or can she heal?

  • @BrockLeonard

    @BrockLeonard

    3 ай бұрын

    They will heal, a lot of times the leg doesn’t full grow back, but will heal the wound itself.

  • @freeetter3861
    @freeetter38615 жыл бұрын

    They medditarenean our sg is 1.030

  • @GabrielLopez-rw5nd
    @GabrielLopez-rw5nd4 жыл бұрын

    can i have 2 for a 40 gallon breeder?

  • @BrockLeonard

    @BrockLeonard

    4 жыл бұрын

    Gabriel Lopez yes!😀

  • @ramirohuerta7589
    @ramirohuerta7589 Жыл бұрын

    Thx Bro

  • @BrockLeonard

    @BrockLeonard

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for coming by to watch big dog!

  • @EIY_Kumar
    @EIY_Kumar2 жыл бұрын

    Hey Brock I just bought a new star fish and when it was delivered to me, one of it's legs were detached, it was inside the packet, probably damaged while shipping after I acclimated it for close to two hours I put it in and it goes inside sand immediately.. but after few hours it has detached all it's legs or limbs, still moving around the tank but it has very little limbs left, just the middle disk portion It has been 8 hour plus and it's still moving and detaching limbs Will it survive and have ne anything wrong ??

  • @fatfrog997
    @fatfrog9975 жыл бұрын

    They can't live in a 1 gallon though. (Every aquarium creature.)

  • @fatfrog997

    @fatfrog997

    5 жыл бұрын

    I got a pet starfish in my 35 gallon yesterday.

  • @fatfrog997

    @fatfrog997

    4 жыл бұрын

    @john chandler Yes. You can.

  • @johnnyb9797
    @johnnyb97973 жыл бұрын

    Are they poisonous to humans?

  • @BrockLeonard

    @BrockLeonard

    3 жыл бұрын

    no, would not eat them though

  • @johnnyb9797

    @johnnyb9797

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@BrockLeonard yeah for for care level

  • @4estschannel609
    @4estschannel6093 жыл бұрын

    My starfish definitely surpassed 3 inches. He's about 5-6 inches now.

  • @BrockLeonard

    @BrockLeonard

    3 жыл бұрын

    DANG!

  • @SamanthaDoyle-qq8du
    @SamanthaDoyle-qq8du5 жыл бұрын

    I have one that's about 7 inches

  • @BrockLeonard

    @BrockLeonard

    5 жыл бұрын

    Luna 117 holy cow!

  • @freeetter3861

    @freeetter3861

    5 жыл бұрын

    I got millions of them

  • @freeetter3861

    @freeetter3861

    5 жыл бұрын

    🤣🤣😂😂 they in the wild here

  • @IMGbaugher
    @IMGbaugher Жыл бұрын

    Crazy. I paid 30$ a piece yesterday. 😢

  • @_Bassfaster_

    @_Bassfaster_

    Жыл бұрын

    Same 😂

  • @zackrain9174

    @zackrain9174

    Жыл бұрын

    Why?

  • @_Bassfaster_

    @_Bassfaster_

    Жыл бұрын

    @@zackrain9174 what they cost in San Antonio sadly

  • @freeetter3861
    @freeetter38615 жыл бұрын

    Sg best 1.030😃