help with my chocolate chip starfish...
- Thread starter chuysvt
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ltljoker
The Great Tang Herder
What are your paramiters. i.e.
PH
CALCIUM
NITRATES
NITRITES
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PH
CALCIUM
NITRATES
NITRITES
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AdeptMrSniffles
I have a Blue Thumb
Your starfish looks good. It may just be digesting the food over a long period of time, they don't do very many things fast.
On another subject, do you have corals? because choc. chip starfish AREN'T reef safe.
Also, WELCOME TO THE LIVING REEFS!
On another subject, do you have corals? because choc. chip starfish AREN'T reef safe.
Also, WELCOME TO THE LIVING REEFS!
daugherty
part time reefer
many stars like a CC will extrude their stomach out around the food and they will digest it outside their body. it will take a long time for it to happen.CC stars are very agressive and will eat other stars and clams,and some times corals
chuysvt
hi
i only have liverock.....and live sand.......
chuysvt
hi
do i need snails and crabs in my tank....
daugherty
part time reefer
i would get snails and crabs they help to keep the tank clean. and when the tank is older add some more you will want close to 1 per gallon
chuysvt
hi
how many fish and star fish and snails and crabs...can i put in a 30gal
daugherty
part time reefer
as for starfish the one you have will be the only one it will kill any others.
as for fish you are going to be limited to 4-5 small fish and for the crabs and snails i would start out with about 10 of each and see how they do
as for fish you are going to be limited to 4-5 small fish and for the crabs and snails i would start out with about 10 of each and see how they do
chuysvt
hi
ok..sound good can i put in a serpent star...with my star fish...thanks for the help....
daugherty
part time reefer
nope the CC you have will kill and eat it
chuysvt
hi
ok thanks...is ther a nother star fish that can live with my cc...and not get kill
daugherty
part time reefer
prob not
chuysvt
hi
ok...thanks
U4BOYZ
Got Fish?
Beautiful looking starfish.
Sharkie
The Damsel Defender
you'll probably have to continually stock your CUC because the star will eat the crabs and snails, thats one of the main problems we have with stars at the aquarium, they will suck the living daylights out of em.
there aren't any other stars you can put in with that guy, he'd eat them... i'm not sure that you could get another CC, there are other colors of them, but i'm not 100% sure if you can get 2 CCs.... he looks good :) just don't ever expose him to the air, they are very touchy and if they hit the air the start to get sick, the are a lil different than the west coast seastars that can be outta water....
also, if you see him upside down for more than a few hours, you'll need to help him over. they can get stuck upside down and die. thats what happened to my sisters
there aren't any other stars you can put in with that guy, he'd eat them... i'm not sure that you could get another CC, there are other colors of them, but i'm not 100% sure if you can get 2 CCs.... he looks good :) just don't ever expose him to the air, they are very touchy and if they hit the air the start to get sick, the are a lil different than the west coast seastars that can be outta water....
also, if you see him upside down for more than a few hours, you'll need to help him over. they can get stuck upside down and die. thats what happened to my sisters
chuysvt
hi
how many times do a feed it..i was told 3 time a week..
yote
In Memoriam
You wont have to worry about actually feeding it.Especially if you have live rock.It'll eat anything it can crawl over.
Sharkie
The Damsel Defender
i'd offer it a piece of fish/squid/mussle once or twice a week... they don't eat all that much and they have to basically barf out their stomach to eat anything, they are pretty self sufficent tho
