Feather Star Info Please

[Hartdude]

I am a Aquarium Manager for a local service company. Today I arrived at one of my weekly customers to find he had added a Feather Star to his 180g reef. There is very little info on the forums aside from "Avoid at all costs." Please advise as to proper feeding. I think they are feed on plankton, correct? Please know I have a call in to this gentleman asking him if I can remove it, but then I have no idea where it would go. Most of my customers are good about asking about new animals, but this guy...:hammer:

 

[Bongo Shrimp]

Well the reason that it is almost impossible to keep them is because every single different subspecies (discernible by color) eats something different. Unless you know exactly what it eats, it will starve. Just adding plankton may not do it if that specific one eats something else, even a different type of plankton. You should see about getting it out of his tank and to someone who may be able to care for it better but either way chances for survival are already pretty grim.

 

[LeslieH]

Hartdude -- This is probably the best general information you can get on the web as it's by Dr. Charles Messing, one of the world's top experts on feather stars http://www.nova.edu/ocean/messing/crinoids/10 Crinoid diets.html

Bongo -- that's interesting. Can you point me to some references about it?

 

[Hartdude]

Hartdude -- This is probably the best general information you can get on the web as it's by Dr. Charles Messing, one of the world's top experts on feather stars http://www.nova.edu/ocean/messing/crinoids/10 Crinoid diets.html

Bongo -- that's interesting. Can you point me to some references about it?

Thanks for your help!

 

[Bongo Shrimp]

Bongo -- that's interesting. Can you point me to some references about it?

I actually read that in one of my invert books. I don't remember the name off hand...