red thorny starfish reef safe?

[Traplord]

Is there an update on this I’m curious to hear what happened as my red thorny star was bothering my anemone this morning

 

[Phycodurus]

adding the scientific name for the benefit of future search inquiries: Echinaster echinophorus

i thought these were so cool when i first saw one in the LFS, and i was really tempted to buy it, but i recalled a general guideline that starfish with pronounced bumps/horns/thorns usually aren't reef-safe.

 

[Fir3ant]

Thank you he seems to be going out of his way to avoid corals when he tourchs them hoping this is a good sign

Has he done good with your reef tank? I got one also an read that it wasn’t reef safe but he hasn’t messed with anything yet

 

[Perthegallon]

Has he done good with your reef tank? I got one also an read that it wasn’t reef safe but he hasn’t messed with anything yet

he attacked my corals so i put him in the sump and he has lived down there happy I then tested it out by putting a zoa frag down there to see and he ate that so definitely not reef safe for me

 

[JohnGP]

@jordan10 did you see the above?

It's not going to eat ur corals and how do u feed a star fish? They are grazers u will be fine. I wouldn't stress about it

Sorry about your corals OP.

 

[Joey521]

The guy at the store told me there reef safe and now I’m hearing there not is that true?

I have a couple of soft corals and a red thorny sea star. He never even touched them. Also what do I feed it?

 

[Perthegallon]

@jordan10 did you see the above?



Sorry about your corals OP.

All good I got him before he killed anything it’s been a while since that happened he’s now my sump buddy

 

[Perthegallon]

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I have a couple of soft corals and a red thorny sea star. He never even touched them. Also what do I feed it?

I’ve tried to feed him many things especially because I put him in the sump but refuses tI eat anything I give to him. I’ve also experimented with him to see what he’d want to chomp on and found that mine personally eats corals that are hard like encrusters anyways as long as your tank is active I wouldn’t worry he’d survived in my sump for a good amount of time and I provide no food and everything passes through a filter sock so he must be getting something