Sandsifter starfish injury

[merajm3]

Hi All

I came home this afternoon, and my son found our sandsifter starfish tangled up in one of our wave makers.

1. We’re monitoring the poor guy. He lost three arms. Anybody have similar experience with one surviving?

2. We need to avoid this issue in the future. Does anyone have experience using wave maker guards? Looks like they are sold on Amazon pretty readily for our version.

Regards
Meraj

 

[shanepike]

I'm so sorry Meraj! I don't know about the starfish, but I used 3D-printed nem guards I got from Amazon on my wavemakers, and they worked great.

 

[merajm3]

Thanks Shane. Guards installed. Somehow this guy survived and is still moving around the tank. Hoping he can regenerate his legs one day.

 

[NAS]

Thanks Shane. Guards installed. Somehow this guy survived and is still moving around the tank. Hoping he can regenerate his legs one day.

Sandsifters are super resilient

 

[willwoo]

I highly recommend these anemone guards:

https://www.etsy.com/shop/iSeaLive

They’re so, so, so much better than anything I have purchased on Amazon.

 

[merajm3]

These look pretty awesome. Thanks.