Starfish

[Bobothegreat]

can anyone identify this starfish I tried google has not worked for me lol.

 

[KJ]

Sump him.

 

[tdileo]

Looks like some kind of small cushion star to me. Like said above, sump him.

 

[DSC reef]

Is this the starfish you collected from the ocean from your other thread? I'd suggest returning it to the ocean.

 

[KJ]

Don't collect animals at the beach and put in your tank PLZ;Bookworm

 

[reef lover]

Yes put him back...

 

[Bobothegreat]

That’s what I ended up doing.

 

[Billdogg]

Although it's too late now, once you put something in your tank it should NEVER be returned to the ocean even if it's at the exact same spot you caught it!

The reason you should never do so is because of the possibility (probability?) of introducing some sort of invasive pest into the local ecosystem. Just like a small amount foreign of water can cause problems in your home system, so to can that tank water contaminate your seashore. Think Caulerpa in California. Lionfish on the Caribbean.

I'm not saying that, if legal, you shouldn't take local fauna. If I lived in Florida or along the Gulf Coast I'm sure there would be something local in my tank

jm.02

 

[Bobothegreat]

Although it's too late now, once you put something in your tank it should NEVER be returned to the ocean even if it's at the exact same spot you caught it!

The reason you should never do so is because of the possibility (probability?) of introducing some sort of invasive pest into the local ecosystem. Just like a small amount foreign of water can cause problems in your home system, so to can that tank water contaminate your seashore. Think Caulerpa in California. Lionfish on the Caribbean.

I'm not saying that, if legal, you shouldn't take local fauna. If I lived in Florida or along the Gulf Coast I'm sure there would be something local in my tank

jm.02

Good news is stayed in the same water and never made it to my tank. I had it in water I found it in

 

[Maritimer]

Looks like perhaps a bat star, Patiria miniata?

With a range from San Diego to Alaska, I suspect they'll prefer cooler water than your reef.

~Bruce

 

[Bobothegreat]

The water was pretty warm it felt like it anyways lol.

 

[WheatToast]

That’s the Blue bat star (Patiria pectinifera). They can be found in the East Asian aquarium trade (Korea, Japan) but how on earth did you get a hold of one in the states? Perhaps Pacific live rock (but this starfish originates from temperate waters)?
https://store.shopping.yahoo.co.jp/uonomichi/starfish-1.html
https://item.rakuten.co.jp/chanet/48967/