starfish id

[quillin35]

anyone know what kind of starfish this is? View attachment 23214

 

[sethsolomon]

I believe its a double tile starfish [Iconaster longimanus].

 

[Catfish Charlie]

Yes a Double Star.

 

[quillin35]

I need another one anyone no where I can get one?

 

[SkyShark]

I need another one anyone no where I can get one?

Out of curiosity, how long have you had the original star?

 

[quillin35]

about a month but it was my fault I didn't notice where he was when I did a water change and air got to it..why?

 

[SkyShark]

In my experience I have only seen these survive/thrive in mature reef tanks. They are very sensitive to changes in any of the core tank parameters (temp, salinity, ph, alk, etc.). They also seem to feed on the type of stuff only a well established tank has growing on live rock.
I have seen many already wasting away in LFS tanks. This seems to be true of all the fromia and linkia stars. Again, just my observations - maybe someone will chime in with their success stories.

 

[sethsolomon]

I have had good luck with fromia starfish and serpant stars. I have not had good luck with linkias


But I think the main key to starfish, is having a heavy bioload heavy export system so there is plenty of food for the starfish.

 

[quillin35]

yeah I am unsure why it died but I do know that It made contact with air so I am going to assume that was the issue and give another one a try , I have done good with starfish until the come in contact with the air. usually after I move a tank or do a water change