help with starfish don't know if dead or not

[peekabook91]

i bought a starfish at my fish store yesterday and i drip acclimated him for one hour and when i put him in the aquarium he moved a little then got on a rock and hasn't moved since yesterday im wondering if he is dead or not, don't know what type of starfish he is, i know it is not a coral eater he is red with little black spikes coming out of him

 

[meowzer]

Welcome to SWF
A lot of starfish will stay in one spot for a while....if it were to die it would look like it was disintegrating
Anyway you can get a pic...
How old & big is your tank? Starfish are usually hard to keep unless they are in a large established tank

 

[keri]

And it's not a chocolate chip star?

 

[cherylann]

If your starfish is dieing you will know because they basically turn to jello, it has not move it could just be eating the microalge in that area, they eat microalge that you can not see and move very slowly when healthy eating as they go along. Your tank should be greater than a year or more to maintain a starfish and have alot of rocks and no hair alge or diatoms. Good luck star fish can be tricky and need carefull observation to meet their requirements.

 

[deon nyc]

i always think my stars are dead just take alittle frozen food and palace it next to one of his legs late in the evening. mine never refused food yet and he has been under the same rock since the first day i added him.