need info asap before I order this star

[DebsSisterFlo]

Please let me know if this would be a good choice for my tank?
http://sealifeflorida.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=37&products_id=121
it is a harlequin serpent star. I'd like a seastar in my tank, you may have seen my posts. This one is only $10 and a good size. I've done some asking and apparently it's the green serpents that have the potential to eat fish as they get bigger, and I've been told to stay away from the greens. What do you think of this one?

They don't have any peppermint shrimp... dang... anyone have any pepps that need a new home?

 

[kmk2307]

That should be a good detritovore star that is easy to keep alive. I directly feed mine frozen meaty foods (small pieces) a couple times a week.

HTH,
Kevin

 

[DebsSisterFlo]

can you please explain the best way to acclimate this star? Is it still a 4 hour drip?

 

[ophiuroid]

All seastars are prone to acclimation problems, so it is important to go slow. This is especially true depending on the specific gravity differences between your tank and the shipping bag.

We know very little about the behavior of most brittlestars in the wild. The green is a very large species and is a KNOWN predator in the wild, but this is not to say others are not also predators. IME, this species is pretty docile, but then I have seen nearly all species in the hobby implicated (probably the majority of times - unfairly). I would say you are probably safe, but I would like to know more about tank age and parameters.

 

[DebsSisterFlo]

Thank you for your replies...
it is a 38g tank with 50+ lbs of live rock and 20# of sand. It was set up in early january. The gravity is .024.
Assorted corals, and for livestock I have one seahorse, 2 pj cardinals, a bicolor blenny and a firefish. One peppermint shrimp, a turbo snail and about 5 nass snails.