Good seastars

[fishdreamer98]

HI all,
My tank has now been set up for 3 months. I now have some soft corals.
I really like sea stars, I have a few small brittle stars but I want a larger star, like one of the true starfish or a larger serpent or brittle star. The problem is I don't know what kind to get. It needs to be reef safe, but sometimes I understand that can be iffy with the sea stars, so I narrowed it down to the only absolute necessities are that it WILL NOT EAT my cleaner shrimp nor any of my fish. It really needs to fit those 2 things as my fish and cleaner shrimp are very important to me.

So with that said what do you guys think would be my best choice for a sea star??

Thanks

 

[cm11599ps]

I just added a red & black star yesterday so I can't really comment on how he is so far.

 

[fishdreamer98]

Sounds cool keep me posted please!
Thanks

 

[kloseo]

while not the prettiest, chocolate chip starfish are good starter starfish

 

[cm11599ps]

while not the prettiest, chocolate chip starfish are good starter starfish

As long as you don't want it to eat your soft coral, feather dusters and clams. Chocolate chip stars aren't reef safe.

 

[fishdreamer98]

Yikes in that case that one won't work I plan on having feather dusters and don't want it eating coral!

 

[Stang Man]

IMO I would wait for another 3 month's before adding any stars. Your tank is still way too new and chances are that you will loose the star from having a new tank. A miniumum for any type life of such is 6-8 month's and in some cases a year at least.