Feeding coral to a chocolate chip starfish

ritter6788 · Oct 16, 2015

I have a CC star in my bare bottom sump. I know they will eat coral but is it nutritious enough to keep them alive? I have a 20 gallon RBTA tank with an overgrowth of Xenia. Can I put rocks of Xenia in the sump for it to eat?

ReeferPrime · Oct 18, 2015

He will probably eat the coral,but you can also try feeding him some shrimp.I heard they eat
anything they can get their hands on.

ritter6788 · Oct 18, 2015

Kasra The Reefer said:
He will probably eat the coral,but you can also try feeding him some shrimp.I heard they eat
anything they can get their hands on.

I knew the shrimp too but I was thinking about what would also be easiest on my water quality. Something live would be easier for me than checking for decaying leftover foods.

ReeferPrime · Oct 18, 2015

If so then go with the coral.

Rezac · Oct 18, 2015

I just fed mine a shrimp a couple times a week.

ritter6788 · Oct 18, 2015

Reworded the title a bit.

I know they will eat shrimp (or really whatever you feed it). My question is if the Xenia is nutritious enough to sustain the starfish.

Daniel@R2R · Oct 20, 2015

Apparently they eat snails too...

...not totally relevant, but hey that's a cool pic!

ritter6788 · Oct 20, 2015

Mine hasn't touched the xenia. It's likely getting small pieces of fish food that go down the overflow. I have whelks that breed in my tank and end up in the sump. Maybe it will eat those too.