Biscuit Starfish

[AydenLincoln]

One very clean clam shell!

 

[introvert.invert_hba]

I still have him and I still love him very much. I feed him krill soaked in phytoplankton. And he survived a NOPOX overdose and giant bacteria bloom back in the beginning of October. I thought he was a goner especially because I lost my shrimp and urchin and didn’t have time to acclimate him in the other tank I plopped him after he went limp from being severely oxygen deprived and then he started melting away a bit from shock and I really thought he was going to die. But he has since recovered/has been back home and is doing great.

I love that for you!!!! I saw the pictures you recently added to this thread and cookie is the cutest!! I put in a request at my LFS to find me one of those starfish for my tank. So I’m super happy you responded! I can’t wait to have a cookie of my own.

 

[AydenLincoln]

I love that for you!!!! I saw the pictures you recently added to this thread and cookie is the cutest!! I put in a request at my LFS to find me one of those starfish for my tank. So I’m super happy you responded! I can’t wait to have a cookie of my own.

If they have suppliers/importers in West Africa they should be able to get one as they are frequently collected/found over there.

 

[locito277]

If they have suppliers/importers in West Africa they should be able to get one as they are frequently collected/found over there.

Do you think he would eat live tiger scallops or he only eats dead clams? id love one in my seahorse tank.

 

[AydenLincoln]

Do you think he would eat live tiger scallops or he only eats dead clams? id love one in my seahorse tank.

Mine eats anything I give him. I personally wouldn’t risk it as they are a predatory starfish but if you keep him well fed it may work. One thing I will say is I have a flame scallop and I didn’t want to put the two of them together. I did however put him in with a purple reef lobster and it’s worked out.

 

[Pyrat80]

I have had one housed with a flame scallop for 8 months with out an issue. The one I have has made short work of most of the algae in my tank. It has, aside from crawling over, left my coral alone.

 

[AydenLincoln]

Cookie is eating a dead coral skeleton! I’ll allow it since it’s dead. I’ve noticed that when they are dead or dying he likes to eat them. Something about them must be attracting because he hasn’t touched or tried to eat any healthy corals. The coral got covered in hair algae and then lost to the sand bed where it was eaten by the urchin and snails and is sadly now one dead coral. Anecdotal evidence from myself and others points to these stars only wanting to eat dead/dying coral which I don’t mind so I’ll allow it.

 

[AydenLincoln]

He moved on and there’s a small part I can tell he ate or at least tasted/tried.

 

[BubblesandSqueak]

He moved on and there’s a small part I can tell he ate or at least tasted/tried.

Is "Cookie" still around since it's been over a year now? Just curious on updates. Has he bothered zoas or torches? I have a red fromia and he is still doing great. Always feel bad though when I clean the glass.

 

[Reefing102]

Looks like LiveRockNReef got in some Australian Biscuit Stars. Incredibly pricey though:

Australian Biscuit Starfish-Anchitosia queenslandensis

Australian Biscuit Starfish-Anchitosia queenslandensisSTUNNING AND RARE!!!!!

www.liverocknreef.com

 

[BubblesandSqueak]

Looks like LiveRockNReef got in some Australian Biscuit Stars. Incredibly pricey though:

Australian Biscuit Starfish-Anchitosia queenslandensis

Australian Biscuit Starfish-Anchitosia queenslandensisSTUNNING AND RARE!!!!!

www.liverocknreef.com

thats why I was wondering.

 

[livinlifeinBKK]

Looks like LiveRockNReef got in some Australian Biscuit Stars. Incredibly pricey though:

Australian Biscuit Starfish-Anchitosia queenslandensis

Australian Biscuit Starfish-Anchitosia queenslandensisSTUNNING AND RARE!!!!!

www.liverocknreef.com

I think those are misidentified. This is a Pentagonaster duebeni. They're endemic to southern Australia and it seems slightly unethical to remove an endemic species for the aquarium trade. Let's not forget about their natural diet...

 

[AydenLincoln]

Is "Cookie" still around since it's been over a year now? Just curious on updates. Has he bothered zoas or torches? I have a red fromia and he is still doing great. Always feel bad though when I clean the glass.

Yes he is and no he hasn’t. I’ve knocked him off the glass too by accident and I feel bad so I apologize to him.

 

[BubblesandSqueak]

I think those are misidentified. This is a Pentagonaster duebeni. They're endemic to southern Australia and it seems slightly unethical to remove an endemic species for the aquarium trade. Let's not forget about their natural diet...

seems our tanks may be safer than Florida. if all this survives 100 degree water, it should survive any temperature swings in our tanks.

 

[BubblesandSqueak]

Yes he is and no he hasn’t. I’ve knocked him off the glass too by accident and I feel bad so I apologize to him.

thats great news. everyone says around 8 months to expect things to go south. you're at 14 months and should start posting more about him. unless you have a different thread going. I had bought a mosaic tile and was informed later they were out of stock and offered a Fromia. He is pretty much the most entertaining critter in the tank. I do intervene and transport him though when he decides to start cleaning the powerhead.

 

[livinlifeinBKK]

Yes he is and no he hasn’t. I’ve knocked him off the glass too by accident and I feel bad so I apologize to him.

He's not actually a West African Biscuit Starfish, right? These are West African Biscuit Starfish that are being sold here...i

thats great news. everyone says around 8 months to expect things to go south. you're at 14 months and should start posting more about him. unless you have a different thread going. I had bought a mosaic tile and was informed later they were out of stock and offered a Fromia. He is pretty much the most entertaining critter in the tank. I do intervene and transport him though when he decides to start cleaning the powerhead.

Fromias have a totally different diet though

 

[livinlifeinBKK]

seems our tanks may be safer than Florida. if all this survives 100 degree water, it should survive any temperature swings in our tanks.

This species is actually found in cooler water in southern Australia primarily...I think 100 degrees would cook one of them pretty quickly

 

[AydenLincoln]

He's not actually a West African Biscuit Starfish, right? These are West African Biscuit Starfish that are being sold here...i

Fromias have a totally different diet though

Correct different kind.

 

[livinlifeinBKK]

Correct different kind.

They have these for sale right now here that they call west African. I'd say they're more likely to be from Africa given the geography.

 

[AydenLincoln]

They have these for sale right now here that they call west African. I'd say they're more likely to be from Africa given the geography.

Yes they come from the coast of West African. Goniaster Tessellatus.