Well I don't do well with no-no's. I have been doing seahorses for a while and have good luck with them and mixing other things in their tank. I use the standards guides and advice but also use common sense with observation. I wouldn't do fast moving serpent starfish or large carnivorous starfish. I've researched this starfish.Nice tank and “stable”. Good luck with your flame angel babies, keep us posted.
I thought star fish were a no-no with seahorses, or is it just the serpent type? What type is yours?
These are a florida starfish they are omnivorous they like algal films, sponges, copepods and other small things like small snails occasionally. They stay small not more than 4 inches usually. They are fairly slow moving. They live in the same waters as erectus which is what those seahorses are. Our local marine lab puts them in with seahorses so I thought I'd try it (years ago). I've had these types in my tank for years with no harm. One nice thing they actually live well in the tanks. They don't slowly die like some starfish. Of course when trying something new you must be observant. My tanks are seahorse FIRST but not only. So anything that is negative to the seahorse has to go.
This is the first time I've put them in with the seahorse babies. I want to breed the starfish and the baby tank has low flow so I"m hoping to see the spawning.
I've kept a close eye out and have watched a baby seahorse swim up to the starfish and latch on. Then later swim off. They seem to like the hitches on the side of the tank. The baby tank currently has 12 seahorses and 9 starfish. I hope not to sell these babies until their color develops, but I have already sold most of the batch cause i like money..... Well with 9 starfish and 12 seahorses I'll know soon enough if they pose any risk to even a small seahorse. My current observations are the seahorses actually seem to like them. I have caught them starfish riding now 4 times.