Mica

Hi everyone, So I have had my starfish (Necklace Sea Star - Fromia monilis) for about a month now and recently it is growing orange goo on the top of its legs also underneath it, it looks as if thought its guts are coming out of its mouth. I tested the ammonia and nitrate levels in the tank and they are reading just fine. I also have a really good filter as well as a protein skimmer to keep the water clean so I really don’t know what went wrong. Any suggestions on what it could possibly be? Someone help please

nemo addict

Do you have a pic this could help ,,,
These starfish are very hard to keep and need a very long acclimatization and you need to make sure all the air bubbles from transit have been expelled by turning upside down ,,,, SG also needs to be 1.022-1.024 ,,

Mica

Thanks maybe next time i will just acclimate it longer. Sadly but true my starfish passed this morning so for the next one I will surly be more cautious.

Mike

Those are pretty little seastars. Sorry to hear you lost it. What kind of foods were you feeding it?

nemo addict

Sorry to hear the star never made it,,, try easier to keep stars like brittles or sand sifting ,,
these are more hardy and a great cleaner for your tank ,
Try and research before you buy anything ,

Mica

I know very sad I was actually feeding it plankton. Thanks for the help. I had a question? So I just got a yellow sebae anemone but it won’t stick to any rocks and it very healthy so I really don’t know what the problem is. Do these anemones even stick?

cerianthus

Let it anchor by itself. Try putting it where there is less water movement. Once anchored, it may move until preferred loation is found.. Just make sure it does not get suck up by the filter strainer if u have or pH.
As far as introducing Starfish, try putting on top of the rock (higher place where less pressure) and let it find its way down, especially in deep tank. On numerous occassion, seen them deteriorate when just drop in deep tank after long acclimation (drip acclimation overnight in very shallow DIY pan). They usually ship in dime bag w/ very little water.

agsansoo

OK ... First question is what type of lighting do you have ?
Usually I do not recommend getting any anemones until you tank is at least 6 months old. Also sebea's are suppose to be brown not yellow, this usually means they were dyed ! And to answer your question, they like to stick their foot down through the sand to the bottom of your tank to anchor themselves.

Mica

Thanks all this info is very helpful. I have one 96 watt daylight 10,000k and one 96 watt actinic 03 and two moonlights all set up for a 46 gal bow front tank.

Mica

any idea as to what to feed the sebae anemone?

agsansoo

This is not enough light for this type of anemone. They require intense light. T5 or MH lighting. I would try to take it back were you purchased if you can.

agsansoo

Small 1/4" slices of raw shrimp. The kind in the fish dept. at your grocery store. Just make sure it's raw and not cooked !