Fromia starfish care

[Mac1999]

Hello, I am newish my tank has been set up for 5 months I have two clown fish a bicolored chromis a few snails and a feather duster and a few mushroom corals. I was Wondering if the fromia starfish is compatible with my fish. Are they easy to keep. Do u need to feed them. Also I have a 75 gallon tank How hardy are they. Thank you

 

[heathlindner25]

I stay away from them, and I've been in this game for a little while

 

[ca1ore]

Not hardy at all, though some may be somewhat less difficult than others. They are very sensitive to shipping problems and often you have no way to know until they start disintegrating in your tank. They also need a large mature tank otherwise they starve.

 

[CStrickland]

I bought 2 thinking they were "common" stars. One never really acted right, it died after a month by losing its legs and then expelling its guts. The other one seemed hardier until he happened to be right in front of the return while I was screwing with the pump and got a face full of microbubbles. The next morning all his skin had fallen off. Both deaths were grim. I wouldn't do it again.

I couldn't get them to eat anything, the healthier one liked to chill by the surface with its feelers in high flow. Maybe it was skimming food that way, or eating biofilm that it got off the glass. My tank was over a year old at the time.

Maybe look at an urchin instead? They are neat critters, come in lots of colors. I think the only thing they mind is high nitrates. They'll eat coraline though so that might be an issue if you like to have a lot of it.

 

[Sapelo]

I agree with everyone above, these stars are best left inn the ocean. Although some have success, they are the exception and most of us who have tried them have failed and promised ourselves we will not try again.

 

[Bent]

One of those things best left in the ocean.