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UnderwaterExotic
03/02/2006, 06:01 PM
Can you put sand dollars in your tank for sand sifting? I dont see that there would be a problem is there?
tsquad
03/02/2006, 06:06 PM
Isn't it illegal to collect live sand dollars?
reefgeek84
03/02/2006, 06:10 PM
If i am not mistaken sand dollars are a cold water species. And yes it is illegal to collect any thing from the beach with out a permit.
UnderwaterExotic
03/02/2006, 06:18 PM
i didnt ask if it was legal or not, i live on the ocean. I was asking about putting them in tank! Drinking and driving is illegal too, but a lot of people do it! :lol:
zimmy1979
03/02/2006, 06:20 PM
I think they don't survive long eneough in captivity. They will eat everything and then die..sort of like a sand sifting starfish.
UnderwaterExotic
03/02/2006, 06:21 PM
i have had a sand sifting starfish for about 5 years now, he is huge. Maybe my tanks are just filthy!!!
tsquad
03/02/2006, 06:32 PM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6866656#post6866656 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by UnderwaterExotic
i didnt ask if it was legal or not, i live on the ocean. I was asking about putting them in tank!

Putting them in tank is collecting..why would you harm the ecosystem you are trying to recreate in your home? Collecting from beaches is illegal for a reason..
exacta123
03/02/2006, 06:44 PM
Putting them in tank is collecting..why would you harm the ecosystem you are trying to recreate in your home? Collecting from beaches is illegal for a reason..

again that was not the quesion
reefgeek84
03/02/2006, 06:46 PM
Still I believe that they are a cold water species. They will not be able to handle the warmer temps of the water. And they are very hard to keep.
UnderwaterExotic
03/02/2006, 06:48 PM
We have millions of them here in the summer time when the water is about 86. That is when they are alive and everywhere! I dont think the water temp thing has anything to do with it! Thanks exacta123! I didnt want to be an a.. and say it again!
Nano_reeflover
03/02/2006, 06:51 PM
I read somewhere about someone keeping one in a reef tank, but I think it ended up dying from lack of food, not heat.
minimalist
03/02/2006, 06:54 PM
They all die quickly in captivity. Don't do it.
UnderwaterExotic
03/02/2006, 07:16 PM
10/4 that is what i wanted to know! Thank you!
jman77
03/02/2006, 07:54 PM
My buddies friend has 2 in his tank. Had them for over 4 months and they are growing.
thepudge
03/02/2006, 07:56 PM
Some guy had a thread on here awhile back where he took some sand from the beach to seed his tank and 8 month later he found a bunch of sand dollars thriving in his tank.. So I guess people can do it..