Reef Discussion

Ian G

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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.:cry


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