Show me your starfish!

[Nano man]

That’s nuts!

 

[norfolkgarden]

Small [emoji846], not fish eaters that I know of. The red serpent can reach 1.5" disk. (Saw one at LFS, oops!)

 

[TriggerFinger]

Petco’s by me don’t even sell saltwater fish or inverts. They look nice and healthy!

The stars did look nice but the nems are all white and they have a sickly fish in each tank...

 

[Randy the reef guy]

So not my starfish.... (too many adult themed jokes to stay away from) this little guy was at one of my lfs's. It's a biscuit starfish. It comes from Australia. They told me it's easy to care for but from what I have read it can be hard to meet their nutritional needs.

 

[mort]

Small [emoji846], not fish eaters that I know of.

I've also got one of these purpley pink serpent stars and it's been completely reef safe for me. It's a good 18" across now. I also have a black brittle, pink teardrop brittlestar, and banded serpent star. I added so many as I had several hundred sun coral polyps and the excess feeding meant bristle worms were everywhere. I'm not against bristle worms but was fed up of being spiked so I added the stars and the bristles slowly got out competed.

 

[d0m1n4t3]

my wife snapped this shot while i was at work.... i assume it was flipping itself over or climbing off the powerhead...

sitting starfish

• d0m1n4t3
• Jan 1, 2019

 

[Mark Gray]

Here's one of mine I don't see him often

 

[vetteguy53081]

Did you say starfish????

Cant have any due to my harlequin,,,,until asterinas are gone

 

[Jeff Collins]

I haven't seen any of the feather starfish in a while. Any one able to successfully keep these? I had one a while back and it was gorgeous but didn't last more than 6 months.

 

[Reefpuck]

Did you say starfish????

Cant have any due to my harlequin,,,,until asterinas are gone

Looks like he wants a friend to play with!

 

[vetteguy53081]

Looks like he wants a friend to play with!

Yeah, One with 5 legs

 

[Nailqueencat]

I am of the belief that most starfishes should stay in the sea. They seem to slowly wither away in our tanks as we don’t really know what they eat. Brittle star serpents and sand sifters (if you have a mature deep sand bed) seem to fare well but IMO all the rest should be left in the oceans. Even if you see a Basket Star for sale in your LFS, please please don’t buy it as they never survive more than a few months and then more are pulled from the wild.

 

[mort]

I haven't seen any of the feather starfish in a while. Any one able to successfully keep these? I had one a while back and it was gorgeous but didn't last more than 6 months.

I had a green feather star when I first started. It was a hitchhiker on some zoas I liked at the lfs and the chap said it would likely kill it to take it off but I could have it for free with the knowledge it would likely die like it would do so in the shop anyway. I managed to keep it going for just over 3 years before it began to fall apart, which I put down to having a naturally filtered tank with large refugium.
It was one of the most fascinating animals I've seen but I wouldn't call my experience a success and would never try one or advise one to anyone.

 

[norfolkgarden]

Beautiful Feather stars are essentially NPS corals in terms of care and feeding. And not the easy to feed sun corals. [emoji53]

The food size required is tinier than most commonly available plankton.

Most will starve in a few months. [emoji53]

 

[67chevellemalibu2]

Beautiful Feather stars are essentially NPS corals in terms of care and feeding. And not the easy to feed sun corals. [emoji53]

The food size required is tinier than most commonly available plankton.

Most will starve in a few months. [emoji53]

I have a Chocolate Chip and a Red Spiked Starfish!

 

[Muttley000]

I'm told my orange bisquit star is quite rare, not sure if that's true or not, but I've never seen another for sale. My wife spotted it and had to have it, she named it cheesit lol. He lives in my 65 gallon. He has inspired my wife to agree to a large in wall build as part of a home addition in a couple years!

 

[Neptune 555]

The giant stars the local Petco had


My tiny brittle or serpent hitchhikers. I have brown, green, black & white

I didn't think large star fish could sustain themselves in a fishtank? Can you all post how long you have had them and how you feed them?

 

[Neptune 555]

I've also got one of these purpley pink serpent stars and it's been completely reef safe for me. It's a good 18" across now. I also have a black brittle, pink teardrop brittlestar, and banded serpent star. I added so many as I had several hundred sun coral polyps and the excess feeding meant bristle worms were everywhere. I'm not against bristle worms but was fed up of being spiked so I added the stars and the bristles slowly got out competed.

How long have they been living together? I have a single serpent star I would get more if they can cohabitate in a 48 gallon reef.

 

[Paul B]

 

[Coralreefer1]

I would if it would come out for a picture! I see it about once every month! My Brittle Sea Star is healthy and thriving however!
Since I am on the topic of illusiveness, you know what’s funny is many of us buy fish and inverts that we hardy ever see, but we continue to buy them.. case in point, my Brittle Star, Pistol Shrimp and Purple Lobster.