star fish

[PowderTang]

Hi, other than the usual $3 sand sifting star, which other star fish is easy to keep and hardy?

Thanks

[pcw]

Brittlestar counted?

[asg]

Mini mini red star

[PowderTang]

Where to get the brittle star and mini red star ? So many types of red stars around, scare melted easily

[pcw]

Brittlestars most LFS have them frequently. Just make sure that you don't get the green brittlestars.

[PowderTang]

Why not the green brittle star ? How to check whether star fish is dying?

[Edmund Koh]

Got this from CF on Saturday. They still have many more

[pcw]

The green brittle star gets quite aggressive and may not be reef safe

[PowderTang]

Well you manage to keep the red star for more than a week, kindly let me know Dunno why I can't seem to keep red star alive

[Edmund Koh]

Okies will keep u updated.

[Stanley Goh]

common red star fish and sand shifters

[Edmund Koh]

Hi PowderTang, the starfish have been with me for a week and 2 days. Still doing as well as before though there was once or twice I thought the body felt very soft and limp rather than the usual hard and solid.

Kinda think it's the temperature causing this to happen. During the time he was limp and soft, the temperature was around 30. The cooling weather these days have helped to bring the temperature down to 25-26.

[PowderTang]

Noted with thanks How much is your red starfish from CF ?

[Edmund Koh]

Can't remember if it was $8 or $12. Somewhere there.

[domvonn]

Why not the green brittle star ?How to check whether star fish is dying?

Green brittle is call serpent stars . Prey on fishes.i suggest dun buy hehhe.

Try again , probably the specimen u got is unhealthy to begin with .

[Edmund Koh]

PowderTang,

It's been 2 weeks since the starfish was added to the tank. So far so good, even times where I notice it in weird tight corners, somehow the next moment it would be somewhere else looking healthy as before.

Temperature have been constant between 25-26 degrees. Ammonia and Nitrite zero. Nitrate is 5-10. Ph at 8.2.

Have not tested any other parameters. Let me know if u need any in specific so I can go measure it.

[PowderTang]

Haha ok ! I assume if the star fish is clinging onto some rocks, it's still alive right ?

[Edmund Koh]

Haha mine is moving everywhere. Even got itself through the IOS overflow and into my reactor chamber. Gosh!

Hmm... Got to make sure it is visually in tact and looks "hard" instead of "mushy".

There's once I got a shock when I picked it up and it felt so soft (like fish body). But now it's hard again. My guess is the tank's temperature causing it to lose its hardness