Chocolate Chip Starfish Folding Itself?

[Mojo!]

What does this mean?
20 gallon tank set up for 9 months

 

[Jayd976]

Not sure, but a 20 gallon is way too small for a chocolate chip starfish. Do you have plans to upgrade or give it away?

What are your water parameters?
How long have you had the starfish?
What are you feeding it?

 

[Mojo!]

Water parameters
Ammonia- 0
Nitrite- 0
Nitrate- 20

I’ve had the starfish for probably 6-7 months

I let him eat off of algae, fish food that reaches the floor, eggs laid by my cerith snails (which happens quite often, probably once every 2 weeks), and also the occasional algae wafer I throw in there

 

[Jayd976]

They are carnivores so algae wafers are of no real benefit to them. You need to be giving it more meaty foods like shrimp, chopped clams or squid, etc.

 

[Ms rose]

needs meat lol
I have seen some bristle starts do this but only temporaraly, and I assume this is mmore consistant? I do know they need meat in their staple diet

 

[Mojo!]

This is the first time I’ve seen it do that

 

[Ms rose]

I am no sw expert infact I only have fw but I am 100% sure about the meat. other here on this forum are uch more imformative then I, so wait on them I'm sure they will be along soon enough. best of luck