What do starfish need

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Will a Chocolate Chip starfish live off of algae and organic debris and loose food or do you have to spot feed them too?
 

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They eat pretty much anything so it probably depends on the amount of algae and organic material you have based on your bio-load.

I had one for 2+ years prior to corals and I usually fed mine 2-3x per week just 'cause it was fun. Krill/clam/shrimp/whatever but it would also go after nori and algae wafers that I put in for other inverts.

*had to donate mine after I started getting into soft corals -- keeping it fed worked for a while until it discovered where some of my zoa patches were, then it was game over
 

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