Sea Star Warning (Sea Biscuit)
I've recently seen these popping up for sale again. They are often called a sea biscuit and are beautiful creatures, I have kept them myself, but be warned:
These are not really suited to reef tanks as they require a MAXIMUM temperature of 24C. Even brief periods above that can kill them. I have kept one in a specialised low temperature tank with long lighting periods & high nutrients to encourage algae & sponge growth plus supplemental feeding with nori & assorted macro algaes. (I have no idea what they like so I offered a mixture).
So before succumbing to these great looking creatures, please consider it's requirements and don't sentence it to a slow death.
Also in my limited experience, they did not recover or regenerate very well after injury, in an aquarium environment.
These are not really suited to reef tanks as they require a MAXIMUM temperature of 24C. Even brief periods above that can kill them. I have kept one in a specialised low temperature tank with long lighting periods & high nutrients to encourage algae & sponge growth plus supplemental feeding with nori & assorted macro algaes. (I have no idea what they like so I offered a mixture).
So before succumbing to these great looking creatures, please consider it's requirements and don't sentence it to a slow death.
Also in my limited experience, they did not recover or regenerate very well after injury, in an aquarium environment.