red star fish

[lotsofloo]

anyone has experience witha starfish? pls tell me

[yikai]

careful acclimation, drip them slowly. they are very sensitive to changes in water parameters. Extremely high NO3 is not good for them too. otherwise, they are very hardy once acclimated. do note that not all starfishes are reef safe. care to show me a picture of yours? will help you to ID it.

starfishes you might want to avoid are the "knobby" stars. those with blunt spines or knobs all over them. these are not reef safe.

for a smaller tank below 3ft, you might want to avoid the blue linkia starfish. this starfish is difficult to keep in a small tank due to lack of food for it. they eat algae films amongst other forams that only a larger tank can provide.

most other starfishes are easy and feed on algae, detrises and sometimes even uneaten food.

[lotsofloo]

it always like to go to the surface . is it usual

[TFMANIAC]

mine does this too... I was wondering why as well.

[arcanehacker]

mine does this too... I was wondering why as well.

Dun have to wonder.. its normal..

[lotsofloo]

but its so irritating and worries me a little. but when i try to pull it down, its tube feet resists. . it doesnt eat my brown algae and hair either

[Underwater]

it always like to go to the surface . is it usual

it is trying to find its food source from the water surface area.

[lotsofloo]

i dont know maybe. but got lots of algae at the bottom

[TFMANIAC]

it probably has had its fill of algae and is just hanging out. I've had mine be stationary near the surface for days on end and then suddenly decides to be extremely mobile travelling to all corners of my tank.