I’ve witnessed a massive green brittle star take multiple fish so definitely not that kind. I currently have a red serpent and so far so good but I give it clams to eat so it doesn’t feel the need to hunt *hopefully*
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That’s so cool! I want a spiny lobster in my aquarium but the legal size to harvest is three inch carapace which is way too big for my forty gallon XDwe get quite a few cool local critter in the north of scotland, my reef tank has a shore crab,2 common blennies, 3 common gobies, 7 sand shrimp and 2 beadlet nems in it and everything lives with my coral and exotic species perfectly, the crab will even eat out of my hand lol . theres hermit crabs and squat lobsters out there but i haven't run into any yet.
Float acclimate is for temp.I’m looking into getting a starfish as part of my CuC plus I find them really interesting to have alongside fish, corals, shrimps etc. However, I’m not too familiar with starfish as a whole and I’d like to have a species that’s hardy, easy to keep, does not hurt other livestock especially not corals and fish.
Also I heard starfish are more demanding than a lot of fish when it comes to tank maturity / tank conditions but not sure if that’s true.
If the salinity of my tank water is within 0.001 of the LFS’s water can I just float acclimate?
you can still get blue linckia here in scotland so i'd imagine you can still get them elsewhereAre Linckia starfish no longer imported into the hobby/considered keepable by aquarists anymore? If not, you could try one of those. There's also the Fromia stars as well that The Night Driving Avenger talked about as well!
Sand sifting stars are cool. Also this dude, idk what he is but he’s awesome!
I have him with a clam, haven’t seen any issues. At least, not yet.Echinaster Sentus, known as the "Spiny Star" down here in florida. Some claim them to be reef safe but not clam-safe
This is just my experience, but my large green brittle star went after my smaller fish (clowns, anthias, firefish). He would search crevices at night. Most of the time they could get away but I did lose a firefish when he dropped down on him into his hideout.
if you have a large and mature tank, linkia starfish are peaceful and fun to have.
How long did your Fromia survive?you can still get blue linckia here in scotland so i'd imagine you can still get them elsewhere