Sand Sifting Star & Bali Monsters?

[Drinkmorewater]

I recently added two Bali Monsters (Sea Hare) into my aquarium which has two sand sifting stars. Long story short after a few days my Bali Monsters have both not been seen in several days. Any idea of my stars would eat em?

 

[ZANYMASTER]

Possible as they might have starved to death.

 

[bigdog1428]

if u dont have any hair algae or anything it likes,,it might of died,,and then i would be care bc dont they let out toxins when they die or really stressed out??? maybe somone with more knoledge about this subject can chime in

 

[THEDLO]

or they are hiding in the sand as well....had one that did this....find them, cause they can nuke the tank when they die... good luck

 

[KathyC]

IIRC - your tank is new - isn't it?
You should not have any of those critters in your tank.
Sand sifting stars need a sandbed that is FULL of life or they too will starve.
Did you get the Hare due to an algae issue? If there was not enough for them to eat, surely they will die.

Can you post a pic of the tank?

 

[Drinkmorewater]

IIRC - your tank is new - isn't it?
You should not have any of those critters in your tank.
Sand sifting stars need a sandbed that is FULL of life or they too will starve.
Did you get the Hare due to an algae issue? If there was not enough for them to eat, surely they will die.

Can you post a pic of the tank?

My tank is "new" to me but not new. It has been up for about 18 months in all. The stars have been in for the last 4 months since I bought it and seem to be fine thus far. I got the TWO hares to ensure that I would never have an algae issue (I've never actually had any algae breakouts yet) so it sounds like they may have starved (maybe I shouldn't have added them). This tank is a 180 gallons and all corals seem to be healthy and are still showing growth (my 3 headed ducan just sprouted two new heads this week for example). I have close to 150 pounds of LR so I guess its possible they are still "hiding".

If I can't find them then do I just let it be? I'd had to pull out all of my rock to look for them?