impur Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 Has anyone seen one of these before? Any info you can share on it? Its so cool i want to look into getting one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowpunk Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 When Isaac was at seahorse he had some from time to time. They are very brittle and I've been told they are hard to get a lot of food to. I think if you feed your corals and fish enough that it could catch a fair amount, then maybe target feed you could do it. That being said I still would live to get one in the new tank when it is ready for it. I'm worried how a wrasse would react to it though. It may just be torn to bits in no time... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
undrtkr_00 Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 I still would live to get one in the new tank when it is ready for it. That is a mighty strong statement! (scary) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowpunk Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 That is a mighty strong statement! (scary) yea yea yea, call me out...lol (LOVE) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reefboy Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 I have had one now over a year similar to the one in your link but more black I'm assuming its my special food I make but it may just be my system I will advise these are not to be kept by your average enthusiast as they normally don't fair well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePremiumAquarium Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 I get them in from time to time. They are pretty awesome critters. Most are green or black and green but I have seen them in nearly every color. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impur Posted February 18, 2010 Author Share Posted February 18, 2010 Interesting. Jody do any of your fish bother it, like wrasses? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bitricker Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 that is pretty darn cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissDeffiance Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 I went to one of the suppliers stores in Portland a while back and they had a few. But they dont sell to the public I bet if you ask one of the local LFS they could get it.. I thought they were great too... Good Luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr S Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 We had them in the shop I used to work at and the main problem was that you never saw them active. They were always curled up in a ball. No fish bothered them but in my opinion kind of boring unless they were more active!!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClayTheSavageFraser Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 Whoa!! I want one too!! For sure!! Clay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowpunk Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 I wouldnt mind it not always being active. Sometimes I like it when there are certain things you only see on rare occasion. It add to the fun and intrigue of owning a true reef tank... Thats just me though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orion Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 I showed the video to my wife and now she wants one too. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drunkreefer Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 Nick at rose city gets em all the time, call him up! I dont think they last long as others have stated but there are a bunch of threads on RC about keeping them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikep503 Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 I would also suggest not running out and grabbing them unless you have a large tank and a lot of experience. Very difficult to keep alive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giant_Erie_Octopus Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 I would also suggest not running out and grabbing them unless you have a large tank and a lot of experience. Very difficult to keep alive. I couldn't agree more - even public aquariums with access to fresh seawater don't keep these things. (case in point ORCA with temperate species). You won't ever find one of these in our systems - they can stay in the ocean with the flame scallops and the ribbon eels. Cheers, Austin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pantherguy30 Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 WOW that is one awsome starfish! Too bad my wife thinks they look like a spider:( lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reef165 Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 One of my friends had a basket star for quite a while. That thing was pretty cool, didnt move much, looked alot like a bunch of twigs in a knot but when ya held it it felt so weird in your hands. Couldnt tell whare the body was and what tenticals were what. He ended up selling it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxicurls Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 I had one for awhile. They're active at night and super spooky. I kept it in my 150 & target fed it various things (oyster feast, roti feast, cyclopeeze, phyto) 4 times a week. I used such variety because I couldn't find any reliable information about what they eat. I was told there is dispute about this among biologists. It seemed to respond to my feeding, but it slowly deteriorated, shedding "fronds" over the course of a few months. I would definitely get another one if someone told me how to keep them long-term. I don't like to buy creatures, even crazy cool ones like this, if I cant hope to give them somewhat of a life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berger9953 Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 That's so cool!!!!:eek: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theJenchild Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 Totally gave me the willies! Beautiful, but moves WAY too much like a spider! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA2OR Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 Re: Feather starfish boring how many starfish swim? that thing is a trip.....probably not a good idea for me to get one though.....but i can always watch the video i suppose....what is funny is i think i hear one of my buddies talking in this video....i am almost positive it is him. i too would get one but feeding it would need to be understood first Sent from my Droid using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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