Sand Star missing digits

[Myanth]

I have a good friend with a 90 and he had a wicked nitrate spike, we believe it was due to a carbon canister failure on his top up - adding chlorinated city water direct. He had a sand sifter that lost four legs at that time as well as the loss of pretty much all of his other livestock. It is still there now that the tank is back looking pristine and he is growing very small legs on the other four stumps. I don't think they should ever lose legs naturally. It would take physical trauma or serioud duress. They do need a ton of food and will strip a sandbed. I have one in my 90 with a 6-8 inch sandbed and 120lb liverock, and I worry about him.

Especially with the goby and snails eating the same things.

Just my two cents.
Mike

And on the patience side... not to preach, but you have to have it. You will spend money and destroy beautiful specimens otherwise. I have exterminated one regal tang, a sally lightfoot, a cleaner wrasse, and a few others that I don't care to remember because I did not know any better. Loses unfortunately are part of this hobby, but impatience shouldn't be a cause. There are lots of books out there and people here are always willing to help.

Death breeds death.