Could someone who's had a red serpent stafish in a reef tank chime in with their insight? I'd really appreciate it
I found this old thead about it, but it's vague. It's unclear if there are multiple species of red serpent starfish, and if they are all reef safe.
I just ordered a Red Serpent Starfish. The species is ophioderma squamosissimus, endemic in the Caribbean, reported maximum dimensions vary between 20cm and 40cm (8 and 16 inches).
My questions about it are:
1) Anecdotally, the oral disk of a ophioderma squamosissimus can be as big as 1 or 2 inches. Will it really be reef-safe? Nano fish, coral clams, included -- Don't care for shrimps and crabs.
Fish in 50G are pretty small. There're ocellaris, gobies, dartfish.
2) Is ophioderma squamosissimus the only bright red serpent starfish, are there other red serpent starfish species that could be mistaken for it?
3) Is the Green serpent starfish the only non-reef-safe serpent starfish?
Thanks a lot everyone!
I found this old thead about it, but it's vague. It's unclear if there are multiple species of red serpent starfish, and if they are all reef safe.
I just ordered a Red Serpent Starfish. The species is ophioderma squamosissimus, endemic in the Caribbean, reported maximum dimensions vary between 20cm and 40cm (8 and 16 inches).
My questions about it are:
1) Anecdotally, the oral disk of a ophioderma squamosissimus can be as big as 1 or 2 inches. Will it really be reef-safe? Nano fish, coral clams, included -- Don't care for shrimps and crabs.
Fish in 50G are pretty small. There're ocellaris, gobies, dartfish.
2) Is ophioderma squamosissimus the only bright red serpent starfish, are there other red serpent starfish species that could be mistaken for it?
3) Is the Green serpent starfish the only non-reef-safe serpent starfish?
Thanks a lot everyone!
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