Red sea lilies

[Meadowlane]

I saw some today and thy look beautiful. Anybody know anything about this guys?

 

[myblock175]

I just saw some today at FISHTOWN. I was wondering the same thing

 

[KathyC]

I saw some today and thy look beautiful. Anybody know anything about this guys?

Quite beautiful and IMO should be left in the ocean.
The GREAT majority will starve to death in a reef tank. Quite irresponsible of a store to be offering these for sale imo...

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-06/ac/feature/index.php

Look about 3/4 of the way down the article.

 

[Meadowlane]

I just saw some today at FISHTOWN. I was wondering the same thing

Thats where i saw it.

 

[Imbarrie]

I loved seeing these on dives but I havent heard about any that have survived in a tank.

 

[myblock175]

I haven't heard of them period

 

[Imbarrie]

Basket stars or feather stars.
They live on the reef hiding by day and come out at night and unfold into a huge web of tentacles a couple of feet in diameter which catches Zoo plankton passing by in the water column.
Reef tanks would have problems keeping up this kind of nutrient load.