is there a starfish that...

[everl0ng]

is reef friendly, and one that you will see a lot of, and not clean out everything in your sandbed? probably not...just asking though because i have seen sone gorgeous starfish in other threads and definitely think that i could take a good liking to them if there are any out there that would be ok for my tank.

 

[JCOLE]

A good Scavenger and reef friendly star is a brittlestar

 

[Purple Penguins]

you dont see the brittlestar alot, mostly leggs, I have 3 of them in my tank I got as hitchikers

 

[BruiseAndy]

http://www.wetwebmedia.com/marind5_5.htm

Go down to echinoderms, a lot to read there.

 

[kurtg]

Some are just algae eaters:
http://www.saltwaterfish.com/site_1...ategory=4&category_search=63&root_parent_id=4

Anything with bumps is generally not reef safe and are carniverous.

 

[1221]

The Linckia starfish are basically algae eaters, mostly clinging to the side of the glass. They are definitly not the type to clean out your sandbed. Of the linckia's I think that the orange would be the easiest to keep.

 

[bertoni]

The diet of Linckia stars is unknown, but might include microalgae. They generally starve to death in all but very large tanks, and often are received in very poor condition.

 

[seapug]

I've had an orange fromia star for over a year. Small, gentle, very cool looking and never causes problems. Linkias are good too, but can be a bit clumbsy. Just make sure you give all sea stars looooooong slow acclimation.

 

[AquaReeferMan]

I like my serpent stars. I usually only see legs during the day. They are very active at night though.

 

[kurtg]

I have 2 starfish. One is chocolate chip and the other is very similar, but dark green. Both have gotten along great in my tank, but I currently only have mushrooms and zoos for coral. I've never seen the chocolate chip eat anything but algae, but I feed the green one some shrimp every week. Both have grown quite a bit.

I was planning to move them to a different tank when I get more corals and they turn into a nuisance.

 

[jbarone]

I like my serpent star as well. Very cool to watch at night.

 

[rafa316]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9799299#post9799299 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jbarone
I like my serpent star as well. Very cool to watch at night.

Do you watch the star at night whit all the lights off? or do you have moonlights? I have had my serpent for about 2 months now and only see 1 leg I do not have moonlight or anything like that but for what I can see she is never out.

also this start might be a kind that dont hide too much http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=2133

 

[reeftanker04]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9799600#post9799600 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by rafa316
Do you watch the star at night whit all the lights off? or do you have moonlights? I have had my serpent for about 2 months now and only see 1 leg I do not have moonlight or anything like that but for what I can see she is never out.

also this start might be a kind that dont hide too much http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=2133

I'm not quite sure that star is reef safe.

 

[rafa316]

Really?

 

[reeftanker04]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9800330#post9800330 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by rafa316
Really?

Well the only reason I say that is b/c of this:

It is recommended to supplement its diet with small pieces of shrimp, mussel, or flaked food.

 

[reeftanker04]

I stand corrected, it's listed as reef safe.

 

[rafa316]

Yeah it seems like a very sociable guy

 

[reeftanker04]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9800567#post9800567 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by rafa316
Yeah it seems like a very sociable guy

Yeah they always look sociable until they're eating your inverts

 

[jbarone]

They are reef safe. I draw my out during the day and sometimes at night with food. You can train them to come out during the day. Use a target feeder. Mine will eat anything it can get its legs on

 

[rafa316]

what is target feeder?