New sea Star, anyone have one?

Just picked some of these guys up, he's a Formia (Genus) and is supposedly delicate but not as much so as linckias. Im not certain on the species (monilis perhaps) but i love the way it looks so i got a few for my FOWLR and a tiny one (1&quot for my nano-reef. Anyone here had one? I read up on em through google and some books but would like to hear personal accounts. Thanks.

 

now im pretty sure that that is the starfish, Fromia nodosa, or the elgant sea star, they r reef safe and grow to just about 3 in...the only problem is that their diet is kinda hard to supplement...they need algae, tiny inverts and the microorganisms that live with the algae...but otherwise i think it should be fine...BEST OF LUCK

 

So far two of them have accepted freez dried krill, and J. sprungs seaweed....they all seem to congragate by highflow areas with thier arms hanging in the current catching pods and what not. I just bought anotheer huge clump of feather algae to start my 2nd pod farm.

 

good call! nodosa it is.

 

I've never seen one. That is awesome!

 

Same here, first time i saw them on our lists so i ordered a few. Ironically i bought a book the same day and it had the genus in it, though ild never seen them in any of my invert books....(i have a lot).

 

That star is part of the Empire...where are the Rebels when you need them.

 

uh...what?

 

Watch Star Wars Bruce! You'll get it!

 

seen it before. nice looking star. reminds me of ...Christmas! hehehehe