feather stars are better left in the sea. they need zooplankton feedings multiple times per day, and are very sensitive to even the slightest of water parameter fluctuations. take it back to you lfs
they are very picky feeders from what I have researched. I had one come in on LR last week (setting up a new tank) and I put mine in my existing tank.
I usually put a mixture of liquid feed in for the fan worms and corals, being zoo plankton, ocean snow, etc every second day or so and so far he has kept going, but to be honest, this has surprised me
Unfortunately these stars do not fare well in captivity. It's not a matter of how to feed them rather than how long until they starve to death and die. There is nothing commercially available to feed them. Sad that they are sold in this industry because it is a 100% death sentence.
davidaster rubiginosa? they like good flow. it helps them open up.
if your tank is deep, you'll see a nightly migration. if it stays in one place, you'll need to adjust the flow and frequency. they are turd machines. they have very simple digestive systems and produce a lot of waste when fed properly. you need live phyto to successfully keep these animals. bottled dead stuff will work, but the waste produced is a problem. live phyto is fairly easy to cultivate. i can see a dedicated species tank working for these animals, but clean reefs are too clean for them.
I know, tey are not easy.
But A friend of me had someone for 6 jears in his Tank.
I feed every day two diferent Phytoplankton(Cyano) species.
Additional I feed several times in The night a mix of
"Microbe Lift Coral Food plus", "Tropic Marine Pro-Coral Zooton" and Artemia cysts without shell.
Every evening i whirle up some Detritus.
I hoped thad in America there are some mor experience for hatchering.
But It seems, that it is not different as in Germany.
This is something that I see people say all the time that either a) don't turn out to true b) was that lucky 1/1,000,000th person to be successful that just ends up persauding others to purchase and try the same animal which belongs out of the home aquarium. I've said it before, but I don't think everybody in the world has to kill a ton of basket stars just because one guy (without known about evidence) had luck and others want to try and 1 up him. It's really an unecessary waste of life going for animals like these "just to test my luck."
I'm not trying to go all "animal rights mode", but I honestly wouldn't show demand for something that does belong left in the ocean due to just high mortality rate.
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