Feeding Sea Star

jvan · 01/15/2008, 04:12 PM

I have a biocube 29 with a serpent sea star. I have read threads about people target feeding it by hand. What and how does everyone feed there sea stars?

taillonjohn · 01/15/2008, 04:26 PM

I used to target feed my serpent star by putting a piece of a frozen food cube in the sand close to the star. The star would goto the food, and take in the whole chunk in one "swallow". cool to watch.

But, I've grown lazy, and havent target fed it since last summer, so I'm not sure what it eats. scavenges I guess. but I still see it every day, and looks as healthy as the first day I got it

EdKruzel · 01/15/2008, 04:34 PM

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Originally posted by taillonjohn
scavenges I guess.

Bingo!!! There's no reason to target feed, a serpent is a very successful and beneficial part of a clean up crew that will find any and all leftovers.

hyrumbradshaw · 01/15/2008, 05:10 PM

dont serpent stars eat the fish???

stuccodude · 01/15/2008, 05:20 PM

if the fish dies

oldschooldino · 01/15/2008, 05:37 PM

My friend had a green serpent star. IIRC he used to feed it those algae dics. He would drop a few on the sand next to it, and it would pull them in. He had to get rid of it because it started eating all his snails. It was almost a foot long when he pulled it out!

plummike · 01/15/2008, 06:26 PM

1 or 2 times a week, I feed them a piece of Shrimp

Salamander · 01/15/2008, 07:26 PM

The green ones can eat fish etc when they get larger.

Akronviper · 01/15/2008, 08:50 PM

I give my serpant star and pep shrimp a couple chunks of shrimp I get from the store and freeze. I just slice off a few chunk and I used to just drop in the general location of them but now I use a sea sea squirt to target feed. If you have pep shrimps then you have to get the food very close to the star or by the time he get out of his hiding area its gone.

I do this once a week or so. The first 5 months I had them I didnt feed them once so I dont think they really need it but its fun.

scowiii · 01/15/2008, 09:50 PM

mine had babies was pretty cool. Because it's top disk came off but we thought it was injured and looked it up on the internet and found out that how it reproduces and then it healed and we looked at our coral and saw hundreds of babies. Unfortuantely for them they became hermit food.

jvan · 01/16/2008, 08:20 AM

thanks for the info

01/15/2008, 04:12 PM	#1
jvan Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 21	Feeding Sea Star I have a biocube 29 with a serpent sea star. I have read threads about people target feeding it by hand. What and how does everyone feed there sea stars?

01/15/2008, 04:26 PM	#2
taillonjohn Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 753	I used to target feed my serpent star by putting a piece of a frozen food cube in the sand close to the star. The star would goto the food, and take in the whole chunk in one "swallow". cool to watch. But, I've grown lazy, and havent target fed it since last summer, so I'm not sure what it eats. scavenges I guess. but I still see it every day, and looks as healthy as the first day I got it __________________ John

01/15/2008, 05:20 PM	#5
stuccodude Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: sanger Posts: 1,040	if the fish dies __________________ fear the wrath of patrick willis!!! no offense is safe. Current Tank Info: 240 all the goodies,hydra 26 led lights, chiller etc

01/15/2008, 05:37 PM	#6
oldschooldino Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 67	My friend had a green serpent star. IIRC he used to feed it those algae dics. He would drop a few on the sand next to it, and it would pull them in. He had to get rid of it because it started eating all his snails. It was almost a foot long when he pulled it out! __________________ If the Reefs go, can we be far behind? Current Tank Info: 125 gal reef tank, 4 years old, work in progress(who's tank isn't)?

01/15/2008, 07:26 PM	#8
Salamander Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Flagstaff, Arizona Posts: 2,103	The green ones can eat fish etc when they get larger. __________________ I feel more like myself now than I did before. Current Tank Info: 120g mixed reef, 2 x 250W DE MH, 2 x 54w T5, MSX 200 SKimmer, 2 Koralia 4's, 40g fuge/sump, QT

01/15/2008, 05:10 PM	#4
hyrumbradshaw Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Mesa, AZ Posts: 340	dont serpent stars eat the fish???

01/15/2008, 06:26 PM	#7
plummike Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: near Pittsburgh Posts: 271	1 or 2 times a week, I feed them a piece of Shrimp

01/15/2008, 08:50 PM	#9
Akronviper Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Akron, Oh Posts: 398	I give my serpant star and pep shrimp a couple chunks of shrimp I get from the store and freeze. I just slice off a few chunk and I used to just drop in the general location of them but now I use a sea sea squirt to target feed. If you have pep shrimps then you have to get the food very close to the star or by the time he get out of his hiding area its gone. I do this once a week or so. The first 5 months I had them I didnt feed them once so I dont think they really need it but its fun. __________________ Barry Never argue with and idiot, they will bring you down to their level and beat you with experience... Current Tank Info: 75 Gal AGA RR w/4x54 watt T-5 Retro, Icecap 660, Euro-Reef RS80, AC Jr, 29 Gal Basment sump/ 20 gal ref

01/15/2008, 09:50 PM	#10
scowiii Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Nebraska Posts: 427	mine had babies was pretty cool. Because it's top disk came off but we thought it was injured and looked it up on the internet and found out that how it reproduces and then it healed and we looked at our coral and saw hundreds of babies. Unfortuantely for them they became hermit food.

01/16/2008, 08:20 AM	#11
jvan Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 21	thanks for the info