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Posted: February 29 2008 at 9:17pm |
I am looking at getting a Fromia Monilis sea star. Are they reef safe, sps, lps, palys, clams, christmas tree worms, etc.? Is it worth the chance and how do they do in captivity?
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Posted: February 29 2008 at 9:33pm |
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I'm pretty sure they are.
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Posted: February 29 2008 at 9:35pm |
The most common error in selecting Sea Stars is acquiring species that get too large or are ravenous omnivorous predators. Not only will many species attack various types of reef invertebrates and fishes, they often can't get enough to eat even this way! Unless you are willing to make a special effort to house and feed the larger, predatory species, it is best to star with "reef safe" choices. Among the industry favored species are the very attractive Sand Sifting Star, Archaster typicus, the Little Red Starfish and Orange Marble Starfish ( Fromia elegans and Fromia monilis respectively), Blue Starfish ( Linckia laevigata), and Purple "Linckia", Tamaria stria. A note of clarification here: these are not necessarily the best suited species for aquarium use. "Regular" Linckias/Linckias in particular are generally short-lived. The genera and species below are our choices for most suitable.
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Posted: February 29 2008 at 9:38pm |
I have always wanted this star fish.
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Posted: February 29 2008 at 10:34pm |
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Says on the link you provided they are not reef safe, and to be cautious around corals.
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Posted: February 29 2008 at 10:39pm |
 Snowsrfr wrote:
Says on the link you provided they are not reef safe, and to be cautious around corals. |
Id go with no IMO
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WHAT KINDA GUM????... Give em 2 sticks.
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Posted: March 01 2008 at 12:43pm |
I think I will play it cautious, too many high end pieces to chance it. Thanks for the replies.
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Posted: March 01 2008 at 2:41pm |
i would suggest this starfish one per 60 gallons or so; http://www.saltwaterfish.com/site_11_03/product_info.php?products_id=2833&parent_category=4&category_search=63&root_parent_id=4 but they seem to be very very sensitive to change. aquatica usually get them and they seem to prefer the live rock to feed on rather than anything.
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Posted: March 01 2008 at 2:54pm |
Our captive ecosystems cannot provide the food that a Sea Star needs. Even the easiest Sea Star, the Sand Sifting Star eventually depletes the LS of all it's life and this compromises the health of the reef. I do not recommend Sea Stars at all. Why buy something only to starve it to death.
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Posted: March 01 2008 at 4:55pm |
I have two serpent sea stars, one in my fuge and one in a 40 gallon. I have read that they are fine at a rate of one per 10 gallons.
I have read that no sand bed is big enough for a sand sifting star but I though the serpents were different.
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Posted: March 01 2008 at 7:15pm |
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Sea stars are different from Serpent stars. I totally agree with Mark...I won't buy them. In fact, I was going to get a clean-up crew from Marine Depot one time that had a sea star...they would not substitute, so I refused to buy their package. Why they would do something like that is beyond comprehension to me.
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Posted: March 02 2008 at 12:29am |
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I have a six pointed sea star that came with my live rock. I like it based on the fact that it has the same points a a snow flake. I like that all snow flakes are six sided. It makes me sad when I see an eight sided "snow flake", what is wrong with people, they don't know water frezes with six points? For now I don't care if it eats anything because it is less then the size of a dime.
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Posted: March 02 2008 at 12:33am |
Another thing that is good for some but not others. Crabs! some people never do crabs. All crabs have the chance, given the right size, to eat stuff that we want to grow in our system.
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