My Feather Star Crinoid
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dkbush
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Update
Update
Hey guys. Sorry it's taken me so long to update.
So first, Daisy and Frosty are both still alive and seemingly doing well. I have had Daisy a little over a year now and Frosty for six months. Below is a pic of Frosty I just took tonight. I can't get one of Daisy as she has been behind a rock the past few weeks.
Sadly I did lose Rusty. In fact, he started to deteriorate a couple weeks after I got him and just progressed from there. I think he may have lasted a total of two months in my tank.
I'm still feeding snow but have an ongoing battle with hair algae which I believe is due to all the marine snow going in my tank on a daily basis. I still dump in approx 7-10 cap fills every evening. So still think they should be left in the wild. My experience is it's a catch 22. They don't like high nitrates but dumping the food they need in your tank creates a battle with nitrates and the problems overfeeding can cause.
Update
Hey guys. Sorry it's taken me so long to update.
So first, Daisy and Frosty are both still alive and seemingly doing well. I have had Daisy a little over a year now and Frosty for six months. Below is a pic of Frosty I just took tonight. I can't get one of Daisy as she has been behind a rock the past few weeks.
Sadly I did lose Rusty. In fact, he started to deteriorate a couple weeks after I got him and just progressed from there. I think he may have lasted a total of two months in my tank.
I'm still feeding snow but have an ongoing battle with hair algae which I believe is due to all the marine snow going in my tank on a daily basis. I still dump in approx 7-10 cap fills every evening. So still think they should be left in the wild. My experience is it's a catch 22. They don't like high nitrates but dumping the food they need in your tank creates a battle with nitrates and the problems overfeeding can cause.
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aquatictec
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green feather star
green feather star
We ordered a green feather star to see how he would do in our non photo tank where we constantly feed a suspension of various foods. cyclop eeze, fish eggs, reef plankton
He proceeded to start loosing all his arms
We have various live foods around that we are using on research projects.
I researched it and decide to try live rotifers.
We feed 1 liter a day with about 500 rotifers per ml
He stopped loosing his arms recovered and is doing fine.
It has been about 4 months since we got him
The tank is a 30 breeder connected on a 2000 gallon system
green feather star
We ordered a green feather star to see how he would do in our non photo tank where we constantly feed a suspension of various foods. cyclop eeze, fish eggs, reef plankton
He proceeded to start loosing all his arms
We have various live foods around that we are using on research projects.
I researched it and decide to try live rotifers.
We feed 1 liter a day with about 500 rotifers per ml
He stopped loosing his arms recovered and is doing fine.
It has been about 4 months since we got him
The tank is a 30 breeder connected on a 2000 gallon system
