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Starfish as furniture?

April 26, 2017furniture starfish

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Starfish as furniture?

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Hello: In the interest of having a bit of this and that, I would like to get a starfish for my 55gal FOWLR w/DSB. . Its rather flip for any living creature, but especially so with Asteroids (sea stars) with any consideration of their challenging needs in captivity. A few predatory species are hardy with regard for feeding, but even they suffer terrible morbidity and mortality on import. All sea stars (all creatures really) should be quarantined on arrival in a QT tank for 2- 4 weeks minimum to stabilize and acclimate them. Furthermore… the colourful Reef species (Fromia, Linckia, etc) like most Asteroids need a minimum tank of 100 gallons and aged (over 1 year old typically) with mature live rock and copious algae and other benthic organisms to graze from.> I don’t have, nor will I obtain, any known predators of such an animal, so I would like it to remain on the small side.