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kass03
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Starfish are veeeery touchy especially with acclimation. Lisa sandsifters need a big tank or usually deplete their food and die.
I kept a sandsifter about 2 yrs once in my 150. Ive kept a serpent alive my 150 for about 10 yrs now.
Todd if you have your reciept call Doc Fosters and they will refund. I had some snails die last yr and they refunded me for them.
kass
I kept a sandsifter about 2 yrs once in my 150. Ive kept a serpent alive my 150 for about 10 yrs now.
Todd if you have your reciept call Doc Fosters and they will refund. I had some snails die last yr and they refunded me for them.
kass
customcolor
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i have a bunch of little stars no bigger than a dime if even that big. i think i have about 20 of them running around my 55
kass03
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Customcolor, those are astrea starfish thats all the bigger they get and are usually ok in a reef. I have alot of those in my 150 also.
I've also had the mini brittles for years, my serpent about 10 yrs and I have a bright orange brittle in my nano I got last year as a hitchhiker thats getting big.
Serpents and brittles not so hard to keep but true stars that are reef safe besides astreas are IMO.
Heres a bad picture of my orange brittle. It's over trippled it's size since I got it on this picture but still small enough for my nano.
kass
I've also had the mini brittles for years, my serpent about 10 yrs and I have a bright orange brittle in my nano I got last year as a hitchhiker thats getting big.
Serpents and brittles not so hard to keep but true stars that are reef safe besides astreas are IMO.
Heres a bad picture of my orange brittle. It's over trippled it's size since I got it on this picture but still small enough for my nano.
kass
customcolor
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no idea i had some one check for me and all i remember is that they are reef safe and they are normaly good and behave well.this is what they are<BR>
kass03
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Customcolor I said it wrong those are Asterina stars. Theres alot of different varieties and most are reef safe.
I got the name mixed up with astrea snails lol.
Heres a link to hitchikers that comes in handy.
http://www.xtalworld.com/Aquarium/hitchfaq.htm
MSU fan cool star but is it reef safe? The bumps would kinda scare me lol. I know fromias and linkias are usually reef safe.
My serpent is maroon in color and the only time I had trouble was when I added some Florida xmas tree worms. They ( I had 3 stars) jumped right on them and sucked the worms out. I didnt expect it cuz I have alot of feather dusters that they never bothered.
Its getting old and lost 2 legs so I thought it was dying but it's growing them back now.
kass
I got the name mixed up with astrea snails lol.
Heres a link to hitchikers that comes in handy.
http://www.xtalworld.com/Aquarium/hitchfaq.htm
MSU fan cool star but is it reef safe? The bumps would kinda scare me lol. I know fromias and linkias are usually reef safe.
My serpent is maroon in color and the only time I had trouble was when I added some Florida xmas tree worms. They ( I had 3 stars) jumped right on them and sucked the worms out. I didnt expect it cuz I have alot of feather dusters that they never bothered.
Its getting old and lost 2 legs so I thought it was dying but it's growing them back now.
kass
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it's a fromia, and he feeds on diatoms and detritus mostly - see this link here for more info:
http://www.fantasyreef.com/database/index.php?p=getitem&db_id=1&item_id=67
http://www.fantasyreef.com/database/index.php?p=getitem&db_id=1&item_id=67
customcolor
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now that i read that i know that they are reef safe. they are all over my glass and seems like there is getting to be more of them every month. i dont mind them
nellie54914
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We have a sand sifting and a brittle star. The sand sifting we've had for about a year and a half, the brittle about 6 months.
In the past we tried a marble star (fromia) and it died within a couple hours after acclimating. We tried a red fromia a couple months after taht, that one died after a couple weeks. Guess we can only keep plain stars in our tank!
In the past we tried a marble star (fromia) and it died within a couple hours after acclimating. We tried a red fromia a couple months after taht, that one died after a couple weeks. Guess we can only keep plain stars in our tank!
kass03
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Ok I didnt realize it was a fromia. It looked different than I remember marbles looking lol.
In the past Ive tried those small red fromias but they never lived real long.
I also have the asterinas in my 150 and they eat algae but I guess theres a few kinds that might harm corals. Its funny how they range from 1 leg to 7.
kass
In the past Ive tried those small red fromias but they never lived real long.
I also have the asterinas in my 150 and they eat algae but I guess theres a few kinds that might harm corals. Its funny how they range from 1 leg to 7.
kass
The problem with a lot of starfish is they are dead even before they hit the store. What I mean by that is. Many wholesalers just can not or do not acclimate them properly, they don't have the time. Often they get it in put it in a holding tank and many times rebag and ship it to the retailer the same day. So even if the retailer takes the proper steps to acclimate the starfish(which I am sure they did) the animal is "dead" before they get it. It could be a day, week or a month. When I had the shop I had these issues. I stopped getting them in. I held everything for two weeks before selling it and very rarely had a starfish last that long. Serpents and brittles are the easiest to keep.
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