Basket Star
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crazy4reefs
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if you do a search in the reef forum you should find info. from what i know they are pretty much near imposible to keep and shouldnt be attempted.. hth
crazy4reefs
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sorry, my bad
sammystingray
Active Member
I had a bunch of little baskets that came in on a sea fan....never tried target feeding...they pretty much all died, or can really really hide well. I believe these guys are tough to keep, but not impossible like feather stars. The difference is that basket stars CAN be fed, but feather stars can not be fed......they need things to mass reproduce in your tank basically, and to keep one long term is near impossible for the common hobbiest. We do have a member here who had good success with a rather large basket star.....perhaps he will catch this thread and help out. I don't consider a basket star a good choice for someone new to the hobby, but it is possible to keep one. I believe if my LFS ever has a nice specimen.....I might give it a go as well.
I believe these guys are tough to keep, but not impossible like feather stars. The difference is that basket stars CAN be fed, but feather stars can not be fed......they need things to mass reproduce in your tank basically, and to keep one long term is near impossible for the common hobbiest. We do have a member here who had good success with a rather large basket star.....perhaps he will catch this thread and help out. I don't consider a basket star a good choice for someone new to the hobby, but it is possible to keep one. I believe if my LFS ever has a nice specimen.....I might give it a go as well.
sterling
Member
I think Sammy may be speaking about me.
I had a basket star. Kept it for about 11 months. It was a wonderful creature............................if you like watching it in the middle of the night with a flashlight, and staying up WAYYYYY past your bedtime so you could feed it when it did come out. They're nocturnal, you see. And then trying to find something that it will eat is always fun. Mine finally decided teeny weeny guppies were it's favorite, even though that's not it's normal diet.
I kept it alive and fed, but finally decided sleep was also a good thing and donated it to the Shedd Aquarium here in Chicago where it now has it's own exhibit.
They are fascinating creatures that are better off in the ocean.
I had a basket star. Kept it for about 11 months. It was a wonderful creature............................if you like watching it in the middle of the night with a flashlight, and staying up WAYYYYY past your bedtime so you could feed it when it did come out. They're nocturnal, you see. And then trying to find something that it will eat is always fun. Mine finally decided teeny weeny guppies were it's favorite, even though that's not it's normal diet.
I kept it alive and fed, but finally decided sleep was also a good thing and donated it to the Shedd Aquarium here in Chicago where it now has it's own exhibit.
They are fascinating creatures that are better off in the ocean.
