Fromia diet include asterina?

[Bullnose]

Usually if you ask someone about starfish diet they'll mumble something about "biofilm". I caught this guy apparently munching on asterina stars twice now. Could it be??

 

[saltyhog]

It would certainly appear so. Not surprised as other stars (Linkia) have been well known to eat the little buggars. Mine loves them.

 

[Bullnose]

Beautiful! I'm really glad you shared that cause I've wanted one for a while and I've got plenty of asterina :)

 

[saltyhog]

Beautiful! I'm really glad you shared that cause I've wanted one for a while and I've got plenty of asterina :)

That's not to suggest that asterina are a staple of their diet. Some have suggested that eating asterina is a response to not having enough biofilm for them to feed on. They can be kept but it needs to be in a pretty mature tank.

 

[Bullnose]

Amazing how little we know. May not add anything else for some time anyhow. I like asterina. Think they eat film algae if I had to guess from watching them. Hopefully they dont get wiped out.

 

[minus9]

I love the little strombus maculatus, great snail!