are all star fish detritis eaters

[ebeckels]

Will any star eat detritis food from the top of the DSB? How's the marble starfish?

 

[jakob4001]

no, they are not all detrius eaters; some are specialized and will eat coral; sorry do not know about that particular seastar;if you have an established reef tank w/ corals in it, I 'd hold off until you know for sure

 

[ocellaris_keeper]

No,
Choco Chip stars are carnivores. Red knobbled eat corals, They eat other inverts. stay with the brittles, marble,and serpents for ditritus help

 

[ebeckels]

thanks for the info...I think i'm gonna get a green brittle star. Did you notice that the three of us spelled the same word differently in our posts! Detritis (sp)....Who knows how to spell it???

 

[deheadreefa]

Sea stars in reefs suck.....brittles will knock down corals chasing food, Lynckias will always find a powerhead or overflow and couse trouble. All hail the harlequin Shrimp!!!

 

[chevron tang]

serpent stars are great especially the red ones which have a vibrant red color to them. I don't know about getting a brittle star. I've heard that they will pick at corals.

 

[ironreef]

Detritus. In a well feed tank the serpants /brittle stars are good. They won't even be seen. If they are starved or large green ones they maybe. I have 2 and rarely see them but I feed well

 

[mlm]

The sand sifting stars are reef safe and they help clean your sand.

 

[reefhappy]

no some star fish will eat corals and are not reef safe some just clean your sand and some are just for show