Aquabacs' Cadlights Artisan 50 Azooxanthellae Tank build

Feather stars love Ultra min F! My current feed for them besides what I normally my aquarium is: mix in 1/2 a cup of tank water, 2 drops of FM Ultra Bio, 2 drops of Ultramin S in with an 1/8th of a teaspoon of Ultra Min F, one cube of red cyclops, 2 cubes of blended mysis (bullet blender and tank water) 1ml of Reef Nutrition OysterFeast. Then I dose the feather stars directly using a Kent Sea Squirt (surge feeding). This direct dosing is done at night after the light have been out for a few hours. I started feeding them this way after I read an article on crinoids and their feeding habits. The article spoke about how they would expand there arms out, fill their guts til full, then not open again until their guts were empty. Mike
 
Aquabacs said:
Feather stars love Ultra min F! My current feed for them besides what I normally my aquarium is: mix in 1/2 a cup of tank water, 2 drops of FM Ultra Bio, 2 drops of Ultramin S in with an 1/8th of a teaspoon of Ultra Min F, one cube of red cyclops, 2 cubes of blended mysis (bullet blender and tank water) 1ml of Reef Nutrition OysterFeast. Then I dose the feather stars directly using a Kent Sea Squirt (surge feeding). This direct dosing is done at night after the light have been out for a few hours. I started feeding them this way after I read an article on crinoids and their feeding habits. The article spoke about how they would expand there arms out, fill their guts til full, then not open again until their guts were empty. Mike
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That would follow my experience, Mike. Mine eats like crazy then rolls its arms in and rests for like 6 hours. Mine love cyclopeeze.
 
Mine also loves bacterial aggregates from BP-Biopellets :thumbsup:

I don't target feed so my feather star stays "open" most of the time. Of course there are a lot of differences between species, I haven't tried to ID mine yet.
 
Mine shows the same pattern. I feed Min F, BBS, Seafan and Cyclopeeze. It also shows a feeding response to oyster feast but of course I can't see it "transporting" the food towards its mouth when its that small.
 
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Mike
 
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What a awesome center piece Mike, glad you got it!

Congrats on the new found internet fame :) Everyone seems to enjoy your tank as much as we do here on RC!
 
tatuvaaj said:
Mine also loves bacterial aggregates from BP-Biopellets :thumbsup:

I don't target feed so my feather star stays "open" most of the time. Of course there are a lot of differences between species, I haven't tried to ID mine yet.
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I am interested in finding out how this product actually works with the coral science.org project. Weekly updates on the system are needed, not publishing the article in a few months with a fully stocked aquarium. A blog could be created for the tank. Then a write up summarizing from start to finish the project. The actual amount of product needed, amount of food still needed to feed the Azoox corals and filter feeders and so on. Stocklist from day one and what was lost in the process. I believe there is a lot of faith in this product, it could be promising, but there needs to be the data out there for all of us.

Mike
 
Kreeger1 said:
What a awesome center piece Mike, glad you got it!

Congrats on the new found internet fame :) Everyone seems to enjoy your tank as much as we do here on RC!
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Thanks! You are too kind.

The orange in the polyps is intense. I can not wait until the entire colony is opening completely. Continue to bucket feed it and hopefully within the next week or two it should be. How is Greg doing with the rest of the colonies? Sold them off yet?

Mike
 
You guys should remember, and everyone else should know, that all different types of feather stars are selective eaters. So unless you get the same exact type as aquabacs, slapshot or I have, they 9.9/10 times won't eat the same things.
 
I emailed a pic of mine to Claude and took his advice on what to feed. So far it seems to be working.
 
The only problem with feather stars is, you won't really know if it's gonna make it long term until after about 18 months. They can just fall apart over night.
 
Mike,

Thanks, great resource :beer:

I have a many papers about crinoids, if anyone is interested PM me.

BTW, feather stars are most certainly *not* "selective eaters"
 
Re: Aquabacs' Cadlights Artisan 50 Azooxanthellae Tank build

Tatuvaaj, please send me the articles. Thanks!

Here is a great article on care and feeding by Bob Fenner:

http://www.wetwebmedia.com/crinoids.htm


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