jamied2

I am new to caring for a salt water tank. When I got home today my choco starfish is on the side of the tank with some slime trailing from him. After reading a/b them it seems they like snails. I had just added 2, 2 days ago and they stay under the sand. Could the slime be remnants of the snail he has eaten, is he sick, or did he just goto the bathroom? If he ate a snail, would he eat the shell and all?

Mike

I've never witnessed them eating the shell... But it's possible that they trapped a snail and consumed the snail and not the shell. The slime could be several different things... It could have eaten recently, it could be sick, etc. What are your water parameters? To make sure that the snails are still alive and to get them to come out, put a some food into the tank. My nassarius snails come out at feeding times.