Starfish ID??

[PicassoClown04]

Hey yall, I bought this as a ‘sand sifting star’ but it’s never in the sand?! It’s often on my glass, can anyone ID him for me? Thanks!!!

 

[PicassoClown04]

Here are some additional pics now that he moved a little

 

[homer1475]

While I'm certainly no starfish expert, it does look like a red tiled fromia to me.

 

[Janet Belanger]

I think I may have been looking at one of these guys on kpaquatics... Could be a common starfish?

 

[PicassoClown04]

Yalls guess is as good as mine. Bought it in Florida, guy said that some local divers brought it in with some fish they caught and he didn’t know what it was so I got it for really cheap

 

[Janet Belanger]

Yalls guess is as good as mine. Bought it in Florida, guy said that some local divers brought it in with some fish they caught and he didn’t know what it was so I got it for really cheap

Yeah I think the ones from KPAquatics say they're from Florida and they're like $10 bucks.

Common Starfish

Common starfish, Echinaster sentus, are the classic starfish that most people think of when you mention starfish, mostly because that’s what you see dried out in shell shops and in the little epoxy trinkets that say “Welcome to Florida”. I included two starfish in the picture to give you an idea...

www.kpaquatics.com

 

[samnaz]

Yeah I think the ones from KPAquatics say they're from Florida and they're like $10 bucks.

Common Starfish

Common starfish, Echinaster sentus, are the classic starfish that most people think of when you mention starfish, mostly because that’s what you see dried out in shell shops and in the little epoxy trinkets that say “Welcome to Florida”. I included two starfish in the picture to give you an idea...

www.kpaquatics.com

Do these fare well in home aquaria?

 

[NashobaTek]

Do these fare well in home aquaria?

According to the description if they are handled correctly they can live a long time, but may go after some clams and such.

 

[PicassoClown04]

According to the description if they are handled correctly they can live a long time, but may go after some clams and such.

0.0 mine hasn’t yet. I’ve got a really nice blue maxima. I feed him some algae pellets and mysis shrimp whenever I can find him, probably 3x a week

 

[Janet Belanger]

Do these fare well in home aquaria?

No idea, I'd be curious to know too.

 

[Janet Belanger]

0.0 mine hasn’t yet. I’ve got a really nice blue maxima. I feed him some algae pellets and mysis shrimp whenever I can find him, probably 3x a week

How long have you had it?

 

[Mr_Knightley]

looks to be like Echinaster spinulosus, maybe check that out?

 

[PicassoClown04]

How long have you had it?

I’ve had him since July 18. So about a month

 

[PicassoClown04]

looks to be like Echinaster spinulosus, maybe check that out?

Yes that looks correct, I know he was collected in the gulf and the pics online look very similar. Thank you!