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kruelntenchuns  Small Fry Posts: 5 Kudos: 2 Votes: 0 Registered: 16-May-2004   | I bought a red general star from saltwaterfish.com(great place for fish,btw!) and it said to feed it often. My question is: How do you feed a starfish and what do they like to eat? I have a knobby star in my other tank, but i don't have to feed him, he eats algae. |
 Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:40 |     |
| kruelntenchuns Small Fry Posts: 5 Kudos: 2 Votes: 0 Registered: 16-May-2004 | i forgot, i tried brine shrimp and a dropper, but not sure if he ate any. |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:40 | |
dthurs       Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 4340 Kudos: 4170 Votes: 529 Registered: 18-Feb-2003 | If it's the one I'm thinkig it is, this is what I found. If there is insufficient algae growth in the aquarium, the diet should be supplemented with flaked foods, and small pieces of fish or mussel. Dan |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:40 |   |
DarkRealm Overlord    Moderator metal-R-us Posts: 5962 Kudos: 2166 Registered: 23-Sep-2002  | also your knobby star is most likely a choc. chip starfish or an african star, and would prefer a meaty diet.... |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:40 |  |
| dthurs Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 4340 Kudos: 4170 Votes: 529 Registered: 18-Feb-2003 | My choc. chip starfish eats krill, and I've even seen it eat aptasia. It's doing a good job keeping my FOWLR under control. Dan |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:40 | |
| kruelntenchuns Small Fry Posts: 5 Kudos: 2 Votes: 0 Registered: 16-May-2004 | the knobby star i was talking about is deep red with small bumps on it(listed on saltwaterfish.com as knobby starfish) and the ither on is also called an african sea star |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:40 | |
| dthurs Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 4340 Kudos: 4170 Votes: 529 Registered: 18-Feb-2003 | Ok, that's different then teh red starfish. So here is what the profile says for the red knobby starfish. In the aquarium, the diet can consist of chopped clams, shrimp, fish, and squid fed once a week. Dan |
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