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Sandsifting starfish
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Sandsifting starfish
Didn't know where to ask but my starfish is doing a weird stand on it's tips thing and I read online it happens when spawning. Now it's the only one I have so do these reproduce even without a mate?
Eddie- ^^^Awesome^^^
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Re: Sandsifting starfish
Wow... I have never seen this and owned atleast 4 of these guys.... very strange. Maybe he saw a godzilla movie and is role playing.
Mcreefer- Cichlid
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That is awesome! Mine never does that.
davEjones- Bucket Head
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those guys are cool i remember when i was younger growin up down in charleston id catch em with my toes while swimmin id fill up a bucket with em and watch em they would do that when pissed off i guess from pullin them out of there natural enviroment idk really but my tank is full of mini starfish and they break apart and create multiple lil starfish
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Ok he left the spot and now came back to the exact same spot and is doing it again?
Eddie- ^^^Awesome^^^
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Eddie wrote: do these reproduce even without a mate?
There are stars that can reproduce asexually and by brooding but the sandsifter only reproduces sexually. I had one for about 3 years, (it was one of the first thing I ever bought for my tank), and it did odd things that I couldn't explain but it never reproduced and I've never heard of one reproducing in a tank. It may be doing a "mating dance" but without a mate there will be no more star fish. Even if you had a male and a female the offspring would have to survive the plankton stage which isn't really possible in a tank.
There are plenty of stars that can reproduce in a tank but I don't think the sandsifters will reproduce in an aquarium. They are hard enough to keep alive as adults.
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