Reefsafe Starfish?
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<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by joe chung:
<strong> if there are any reefsafe starfish, which ones are they? thanks</strong><hr></blockquote>
ughh....My kid liked my purple and silver/gold glitter star best.
<strong> if there are any reefsafe starfish, which ones are they? thanks</strong><hr></blockquote>
ughh....My kid liked my purple and silver/gold glitter star best.
<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by danmhippo:
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You sure it's still in there.......The tank, of course.....alive, that is?
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yea, he's there, I check on him and others when the lights go out using a flashlight every now and then, he was there last night.
I meant that I hardly ever see him in the day time and if I do it's usually just a leg or two.
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You sure it's still in there.......The tank, of course.....alive, that is?
yea, he's there, I check on him and others when the lights go out using a flashlight every now and then, he was there last night.
I meant that I hardly ever see him in the day time and if I do it's usually just a leg or two.
As a general rule, if it has big knobs on it (eg chocolate chip, red african, etc), it is not reef safe. (The one EmilyB showed is a bit different, and should be OK).
Sand sifter stars will eat many things in a deep sand bed, and are not good for such a system.
Linkia stars, including the blue and "orange" are typically reef safe. They eat bacterial/algal films and need a mature tank with lots of live rock. Fromia stars also fall into this group.
Brittlestars are generally considered safe, though some care should be taken with the green brittlestar as it has been known (in tanks and in the wild) to take small fish, shrimp and snails. Other brittles do not appear to have this, um, habit.
Regardless of which seastar or brittlestar you choose, acclimation is key. Be sure to do a loooooong, sloooooooow, drip acclimation, on the order of many hours. This is especially important with the Linkia stars.
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[ April 19, 2002: Message edited by: ophiuroid ]
[ April 19, 2002: Message edited by: ophiuroid ]</p>
Sand sifter stars will eat many things in a deep sand bed, and are not good for such a system.
Linkia stars, including the blue and "orange" are typically reef safe. They eat bacterial/algal films and need a mature tank with lots of live rock. Fromia stars also fall into this group.
Brittlestars are generally considered safe, though some care should be taken with the green brittlestar as it has been known (in tanks and in the wild) to take small fish, shrimp and snails. Other brittles do not appear to have this, um, habit.
Regardless of which seastar or brittlestar you choose, acclimation is key. Be sure to do a loooooong, sloooooooow, drip acclimation, on the order of many hours. This is especially important with the Linkia stars.
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The Ophiuroidea: Your guide to the 'stars!
(Brittlestars that is...)
http://home.att.net/~ophiuroid
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[ April 19, 2002: Message edited by: ophiuroid ]
[ April 19, 2002: Message edited by: ophiuroid ]</p>
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