STARFISH FOR NANO?

[GuilhermeLba]

Help me, my nano has 17 gallons and I would love to have a starfish, that survives and thrives only mainly left overs.
Suggestions?
I need it to be reef and fish safe.

 

[blaxsun]

That rules out a chocolate starfish. Honestly, in such a small tank a starfish isn’t going to survive very long (most of them will barely survive a year under ideal conditions anyway). You’re not so much buying as leasing when it comes to starfish.

The only starfish I’ve had limited success with are the brittle variety.

 

[GuilhermeLba]

That rules out a chocolate starfish. Honestly, in such a small tank a starfish isn’t going to survive very long (most of them will barely survive a year under ideal conditions anyway). You’re not so much buying as leasing when it comes to starfish.

The only starfish I’ve had limited success with are the brittle variety.

Not even a brittle or serpent on that tank?

 

[blaxsun]

Not even a brittle or serpent on that tank?

You might be ok with one of those. They like mysis.

 

[GuilhermeLba]

You might be ok with one of those. They like mysis.

Do u know which ones r reef safe and doesn't get so large? Heard that the green one is the one to avoid

 

[blaxsun]

Do u know which ones r reef safe and doesn't get so large? Heard that the green one is the one to avoid.

I had two: a green and white serpent and a banded. Both left my corals alone.

 

[GuilhermeLba]

Ow ok, Im intending to get a banded red serpente or a red serpent, but I dont know how big it gets, if its om to keep in a nano tank

 

[Casket_Case]

Do u know which ones r reef safe and doesn't get so large? Heard that the green one is the one to avoid

The black and red brittle ate some of my fish. Ophiocoma Wendtii

 

[GuilhermeLba]

The black and red brittle ate some of my fish. Ophiocoma Wendtii

Really? Holy ****
Dont know which one should go for rn..

 

[N.Sreefer]

Bet you could get some micro brittle stars for free off a local reefer. Some are pretty colourful and have nice patterns

 

[GuilhermeLba]

Bet you could get some micro brittle stars for free off a local reefer. Some are pretty colourful and have nice patterns

Yeah.. but I was thinking more of something like that

 

[wonroc]

Google micro brittle stars. U can get as many as u want. Their tiny. Really tiny

 

[Billys]

I had a sand sifting starfish and it was great to watch but seemed like something was eating him. Every day his one arm looked like more and more was missing. And not falling off bc it got stuck, really like something was eating him slowly. His tank mates were a blood shrimp, pair of clowns, yellow goby, and a small striped wrasse.

 

[SteveMM62Reef]

I feed my Chocolate Chip Starfish Frozen Angelfish Formula. FWLR Only as they will eat Corals. It left the Tunicates alone. The Starfish was a hitchhiker to the Patuxent / Chesapeake Bay, from probably Asia, Tunicates were Gulf of Mexico Varieties.