CC Star Help

[jason490]

Ok I confess,
I have never kept stars and did not do research on them, it was an impulse buy. Got a CC star this afternoon, he is still in the bag. I have 2 black and white percs, a couple of anemones, live rock, snails, hermit crabs, and zoos on the rocks.
I am wondering if he will bother any of these, especially the anemones and the zoos and stuff.
Thanks

 

[kanicky]

He'll strip your LR.

 

[sharkboy13]

Originally Posted by jason490
I am wondering if he will bother any of these, especially the anemones and the zoos and stuff.
Thanks
the fish'll be fine, tho i may worry bout the corals

 

[jason490]

hmm, striping live rock, not good. Guess I will wait and see. As my wife is in the background saying "go ahead put him in there, once he eats it all you will learn your lesson".

 

[larryndana]

they are not reef safe.

 

[sepulatian]

CC stars are carnivores. They are not reef safe. ALL stars need 4-5hrs of drip acclimation, an SG of 1.026, over 100lbs of mature LR, and a system over 9 months old. If your tank does not meet this criteria, please bring him back.

 

[ghola5]

i have a cc star fish as well, trying to find him a home infact, he has already eaten over 70 dollars worth of turbo snails and tries to eat on my corals, I also had thought i did enough reading up on them, I try to feed him alot so he does not go after other things untill i get rid of him to a good place.

 

[larryndana]

that was my problem as well, i bought mine early on and didn't know that they were not reef safe. So i just put him in my QT tank, i'll take him out if need be. Since then, i've gotten another one. Like i said, i can always take them out if needed.

 

[fireshrimp]

they like tube worms for sure. I have never had one eat a snail or take things off my rock anything like that.
I put my in my sump and i feed him small shrimp clam and silversides. They are one of the easiest stars i have ever kept.