Sand dollar info.

[fishoholic]

Originally Posted by mr_alberta

I wouldn't recommend it. Since both target the same animals for food in the sand, and since our tanks aren't huge enough to sustain a large, diverse sandbed, either one, or possibly both, will eventually starve.

Do you think one would starve in a 230g? I don't like the idea of buying one if it's slowly going to starve to death.

[mr_alberta]

That's a hard question to answer. Factors like age of sand, depth of sand, etc play a huge roll in things. However, I haven't really seen very much information on long term survivability of any of the sand sifting animals. Aside from the one poster who has had his for 2 years, I haven't heard/read/seen anyone else with one that has lasted more than 1.

[fishoholic]

Originally Posted by mr_alberta

That's a hard question to answer. Factors like age of sand, depth of sand, etc play a huge roll in things. However, I haven't really seen very much information on long term survivability of any of the sand sifting animals. Aside from the one poster who has had his for 2 years, I haven't heard/read/seen anyone else with one that has lasted more than 1.

The sand is half new and half a couple of years old (mixed old sand with new when we started up our 230g) and is about 2 inches deep. There seems to be lots of worms etc. in it for one to eat. Thanks for the info it's good to know.