Basket Starfish

[Calappidae]

Any info on basket starfish? Like size, feeding, reef safe, etc.

 

[Vinny Kreyling]

Considered for experts only.

 

[Calappidae]

Considered for experts only.

Reasons? Are they like feather starfish because I thought they were just regular odd shaped stars (like brittles..)

 

[rssjsb]

They're kind of like filter feeders in that they grab small foods out of the water column. I think they're also primarily nocturnal, so it can be difficult to keep them fed. Probably not as difficult as feather stars, but still not easy.

 

[Calappidae]

How big do they get?

 

[Sugar Magnolia]

Considered expert only for multiple reasons. Read this - http://www.reefs.org/library/article/r_toonen17.html

 

[SantaMonica]

They are indeed beautiful, but the feeding is tough. I'm going to wait on it (and on a feather) until I get a high-flow high-food species tank.