green brittle starfish

marvinsae · #1 04-14-2010, 01:59 AM

is it true u have to target feed them or they will attack your fish? what should i feed him? also when i acclimated him it took me an hour and it moved around freely for the first fifteen minutes. now it's sittin there with his arms curled a bit... should it be ok?

intarsiabox · #2 04-14-2010, 03:09 AM

I have a black brittle star and a striped serpant star. I usually only see them when the lights go out, even then I hardly ever actually see them move. They are scavengers that sift through the sand and rocks so you don't have to target feed them. (I don't it would work anyway). The green ones I've read will ocasionally catch a sleeping fish but I've never had a problem in 3 years with mine.

marvinsae · #3 04-14-2010, 05:16 AM

looks like its arms have un-curled...it looks dead now. hasn't moved.. i picked it up and it didnt move....it's out in the open

tlo · #4 04-14-2010, 07:01 AM

if its not reacting when you touch it, it is dead. Green brittle stars are notorious for being fish eaters - even when they are well fed. Stars are very senstive to acclimation, I usually acclimatize my inverts for a couple hours. It may have been not well when you bought it, seeing as it succumbed so fast.

marvinsae · #5 04-14-2010, 02:20 PM

aw that sucks...i acclimated it for the same time as my damsels...

marvinsae · #6 04-14-2010, 02:31 PM

Wait, i think it might be alive...it is moving it's limbs VERY slowly...at first i thought it was the powerheads but i turned them off...is it sick or injured? what can i do