Red starfish info

[apex003]

Sorry if this is info is readily available, but I don't have ANY info on this star. Can you tell me anything about the care and reef safety (and name too) of this star? My LFS has a couple and I really like the looks of them, but don't know jack about this species. Thanks:

 

[FOSELONE]

thats a marble starfish...those are cool...reef safe ive heard...i havent seen any of those over here in L.A. for a while...id definately jump on a couple of those...

 

[jdieck]

It looks like a Fromia monilis from the Indo Pacific, it is in general reef safe but as most sea stars is extremely sensitive to salinity changes and require a well aged, very stable and mature aquarium with no mayor incidents of nutrient accumulation or nuisance outbreaks which is at least six months old and because of the requirement of a large amount of live rock to feed on surface matter and detritus, aquariums of a minimum of 100 gallons or more are recommended.

http://www.edge-of-reef.com/asteroidi/ASTFromiamonilisen.htm
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/fromiastarfaqs.htm
http://www.thegoldfishbowl.co.uk/atlas.cgi?a=Invertibrate&f=Starfish+Ophidiasteridae
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/seastars.htm