Red General Starfish Eating - PICS Enclosed

[aquiman]

Saw this Red General Star and had to have it. I must say it was an impulse buy that is clearly a no no, but I admit the guilt. Anyway, I target fed it a few small prawns and took some progression pics I thought were cool and wanted to share. First two shots are just a stroll through the tank and the remaining after he presented himself near the top and made it easy for me to stick a few prawns under him. All took almost two hours and the last shot is the following morning. Hope you like them.

 

[mr. limpid]

This a better star compared to a linckia, they are predators. Is your tank a FO tank? Here is a wright up I took from another source.
"The Red Knob Sea Star, also known as the Red Spine Star, African Sea Star, and Red-knobbed Starfish, has a thick, gray body with multiple bright red tubercles extending upward along each of its five arms. Red stripes connect these protrusions, giving its back the appearance of wires interconnecting in a grid-like fashion. It is found in shallow tidal pools and up to 100' deep reefs in the Indian Ocean.
The Red Knob Sea Star requires a large aquarium with ample supplies of live rock. A small specimen will eat algae. As it grows older, however, it is not reef compatible, as it will eat soft corals, sponges, tubeworms, clams, starfish, and other invertebrates. It should not be housed with puffers. It is very sensitive to high levels of copper-based medications and will not tolerate high levels of nitrates.
Breeding in an aquarium is extremely difficult with no distinguishing characteristics to help differentiate males from females.
The Red Knob Sea Star is very intolerant of sudden changes in oxygen levels, salinity and pH of the water, and cannot tolerate copper-based medications. The drip acclimation method is highly recommended for all Sea Stars due to their intolerability to changes in water chemistry. It should never be exposed to air while handling.
In the aquarium, the diet can consist of chopped clams, shrimp, fish, and squid fed once a week."

 

[aquiman]

Thanks for the info. No corals, just fish and live rock... But I do have a porcupine puffer and he has never bothered the star yet.

 

[mr. limpid]

The Red Knob Sea Star, also known as the Red Spine Star, African Sea Star, and Red-knobbed Starfish, has a thick, gray body with multiple bright red tubercles extending upward along each of its five arms. Red stripes connect these protrusions, giving its back the appearance of wires interconnecting in a grid-like fashion. It is found in shallow tidal pools and up to 100' deep reefs in the Indian Ocean.
The Red Knob Sea Star requires a large aquarium with ample supplies of live rock. A small specimen will eat algae. As it grows older, however, it is not reef compatible, as it will eat soft corals, sponges, tubeworms, clams, starfish, and other invertebrates. It should not be housed with puffers.

It is very sensitive to high levels of copper-based medications and will not tolerate high levels of nitrates.
Breeding in an aquarium is extremely difficult with no distinguishing characteristics to help differentiate males from females.
The Red Knob Sea Star is very intolerant of sudden changes in oxygen levels, salinity and pH of the water, and cannot tolerate copper-based medications. The drip acclimation method is highly recommended for all Sea Stars due to their intolerability to changes in water chemistry. It should never be exposed to air while handling.
In the aquarium, the diet can consist of chopped clams, shrimp, fish, and squid fed once a week."

 

[aquiman]

Yeah I saw that in your post and that's why I listed it. Do the puffers eat them? So far puff behavin and hasn't even acknowledged the star exists.

 

[mr. limpid]

Probably because it is young, when it gets older it will mess with it. Here is a quote from Qphiura a person from this form who knows "The puffer is a natural predator of seastars and brittlestars, in addition to hard shelled inverts like crabs and snails (which in fact they should be provided with regardless). I would absolutely not recommend a seastar."