have you ever seen this?
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sammystingray
Active Member
Basket stars aren't impossible....feather stars such as this case are just about impossible long term. You can't really do anything to feed it, and they need mass spawning going on to eat properly. I had one years ago, and believed it was getting fed because it opened at feeding time...only to learn later he was most likely just "trying" to eat, but I didn't have, and couldn't provide the proper food size and type. Mine lasted about 8 months. Best of luck.
oo bubbagump oo
Member
Use Phyto-Plex or MicroVert
ophiura
Active Member
This animal will almost certainly die within 3-4 months, of starvation. Not only do very experienced hobbyists faily to keep them, but the world expert in feather stars can not keep them, and is very interested in anyone who can. These animals feed on very precise and specific particle size food, and usually diatoms.
Microvert and phytoplex and other such diets will do nothing for it...if it did, people would be able to keep them.
But they can't.
The success rate is far less than 1%, effectively 0%.
I have only heard of one story of someone who kept them, and I believe it wasn't from that person directly. But it was in a very large, very mature reef tank with a number of spawning urchins. Whether it was tied to that at all is unclear; it might have just been that it was a large established tank with little mechanical filtration or skimming (which will remove most stuff this animal would eat).
Microvert and phytoplex and other such diets will do nothing for it...if it did, people would be able to keep them.
But they can't.
The success rate is far less than 1%, effectively 0%.
I have only heard of one story of someone who kept them, and I believe it wasn't from that person directly. But it was in a very large, very mature reef tank with a number of spawning urchins. Whether it was tied to that at all is unclear; it might have just been that it was a large established tank with little mechanical filtration or skimming (which will remove most stuff this animal would eat).
dattong
Member
thanks ophiura for your info and Kevin for your concern. It's doing fine, but as ophiura said, i guess I can't do nothing but enjoy while it lasts.
Please don't discuss attititude on this thread anymore if you was about to. I just want us to have a nice place to share info about this wonderful hobby. Please allow me take those words back if they hurt someone's feelings.
Please don't discuss attititude on this thread anymore if you was about to. I just want us to have a nice place to share info about this wonderful hobby. Please allow me take those words back if they hurt someone's feelings.
sammystingray
Active Member
What's weird about this case is that you can't really even say "take it back" because nobody can care for it.....these are one of the most amazing creatures to see swim or even walk....it really does suck we can't keep them alive. I'm sure one day someone will come out with a new food for tanks that may have what they require, but until then, hopefully your post will stop others from wasting life and money. I had no idea when I bought mine back then that with all the available foods out there....nothing will feed them.
I tried to find pics of mine, but I don't know where they are.....anyway, didn't have a digital back then so they sucked anyway....used a disposable. Pretty much looked exactly like yours though...As stated, nobody should really buy one, but I wonder why the red ones never show up in the hobby? Always the green ones?
I tried to find pics of mine, but I don't know where they are.....anyway, didn't have a digital back then so they sucked anyway....used a disposable. Pretty much looked exactly like yours though...As stated, nobody should really buy one, but I wonder why the red ones never show up in the hobby? Always the green ones?
dinhouse
Member
The way some of you pounced on the poor man and brow beat him to death is the excate reason that there a re a lot more people that just lurk around on this board and hope that someone ask a question that they have. Okay maybe he should have reserched a little before he made a purchase. And letting the truth be known I would be willing to bet that close to 99% of these socall perfect people on this board that alwasy do thier research and have never had anything die in thier tank in thier 100+ years of reef keeping experiance are lying! The man asked for advice the purchase has been made it's over and done with. He odesn't need to be told 4 million times that he should have researched before he bought it! If you have advice to help him give it if you don't move on!
Just my 0.02
Just my 0.02
broncofish
Active Member
Originally posted by ophiura
But it was in a very large, very mature reef tank with a number of spawning urchins. Whether it was tied to that at all is unclear;
I talked to a guy who said his died when he removed his urchins...this was at the LFS I go to. He was in asking if the owner could order another one, and the owner said no
....I remember thinking "What in idiot he thought his urchins kept it alive" hmmmm maybe I'm the idiot
timo
Member
This thread, if lacking info on the subject star, has turned into a fine discussion on board ettiquitte. As a member since early Feb, I have learned alongside many of our current posters. There is much info to be learned here, as well as certain isolated individules that deserve chastaising... Keep it real...if you were in a room full of aquariests, would you all repete what each other said, or would you allow the certain person the ability to accept ones emphatic call to reason and wait for digestion of that info...or would you simply pounce in line with the same remark?
I know all of you to be persons of great reason, and respect each of you for that....
I also know some have scores to keep, but community is the important thing. A sanctuary of knowledge.
I know all of you to be persons of great reason, and respect each of you for that....
I also know some have scores to keep, but community is the important thing. A sanctuary of knowledge.
cyslyde
Member
it's funny what ppl reply too on this board. dattong, I hope it lives well for you, but i'm glad i didn't get one when i had the chance. and for all of you who want to bash dattong, I got just one question for you
HAVE YOU EVER DONE ANYTHING ON IMPULSE OR RECKLESS IN YOUR LIFE?
if you haven't you haven't lived. and i'm not just asking about your tank. we all gotta start somewhere, and make mistakes, it's the only way the we learn, we can only learn so much from others before you gotta make a go on your own.
neways, let us know how it goes, thats the best thing you can do, post on as many boards as you can, you might get some helpfull ideas, let others know what you did and how you did it, then tell them the results. maybe you'll get lucky, and more of us can start enjoyng another wonderfull creature from the deep
-=Cy
HAVE YOU EVER DONE ANYTHING ON IMPULSE OR RECKLESS IN YOUR LIFE?
if you haven't you haven't lived. and i'm not just asking about your tank. we all gotta start somewhere, and make mistakes, it's the only way the we learn, we can only learn so much from others before you gotta make a go on your own.
neways, let us know how it goes, thats the best thing you can do, post on as many boards as you can, you might get some helpfull ideas, let others know what you did and how you did it, then tell them the results. maybe you'll get lucky, and more of us can start enjoyng another wonderfull creature from the deep
-=Cy