SRC Member arcanehacker Posted January 23, 2004 SRC Member Share Posted January 23, 2004 just came home and saw my starfish on top of my jewel coral.. I took away the starfish and to my horror , saw part of the coral gone!! .. about 1/5 of the coral eaten .. the starfish still have some slimy stuff dangling from its mouth.. now my part of my jewel coral is 'botak'.. will it grow back? .. Quote Why do we use "My 2 cents worth" when 1 cents are not legal tender in Singapore anymore? Shouldn't it be 5 cents worth? "Its easier to blame the 'mantis' or crabs in the tank for missing & dead livestocks.." http://arcanehacker.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member BarraCudaTM Posted January 23, 2004 SRC Member Share Posted January 23, 2004 you must have got the choc chip star which will eat anything. The slimy stuff is the stomach of the starfish. The jewel have low chances of recovering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member arcanehacker Posted January 23, 2004 Author SRC Member Share Posted January 23, 2004 you must have got the choc chip star which will eat anything. The slimy stuff is the stomach of the starfish. The jewel have low chances of recovering. no.. its the one with lots of 'thorns' on its body.. The slimy stuff is definitely the coral.. Jewel coral are like soft stuff covering a piece of rock. Part of that soft stuff seem to be ripped out of the rock.. Quote Why do we use "My 2 cents worth" when 1 cents are not legal tender in Singapore anymore? Shouldn't it be 5 cents worth? "Its easier to blame the 'mantis' or crabs in the tank for missing & dead livestocks.." http://arcanehacker.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member BarraCudaTM Posted January 23, 2004 SRC Member Share Posted January 23, 2004 thorns? what colour is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member SpiderOne Posted January 23, 2004 SRC Member Share Posted January 23, 2004 crown of thorns starfish??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueheaven Posted January 23, 2004 Share Posted January 23, 2004 dun tell me its the crown of thorns..... Quote But if you tame me, we shall need each other. To me, you will be unique in all the world. To you, I shall be unique in all the world... You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed. -Antoine de Saint-Exupery Keep our hobby sustainable, participate in fragging NOW CHAETO Farmer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Achilles Tang Posted January 23, 2004 Share Posted January 23, 2004 Hate to say this but I'll say it: Do research before buying ANY livestock. Don't waste money and needless loss of lives thru educated purchasing. There are only two reefsafe starfishes: fromia and linkia species. Any others... pls avoid unless you have a FOWLR tank... but even then... they may end up eating your fishes or be eaten themselves. AT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member arcanehacker Posted January 24, 2004 Author SRC Member Share Posted January 24, 2004 dun tell me its the crown of thorns..... no.. definitely not it... those 'thorns' are not really thorns.. I've seen so many LFS selling it and putting it in their reef and fish tank.. anyway I've relocated my coral to a higher location... the starfish do not usually climb that high.. Quote Why do we use "My 2 cents worth" when 1 cents are not legal tender in Singapore anymore? Shouldn't it be 5 cents worth? "Its easier to blame the 'mantis' or crabs in the tank for missing & dead livestocks.." http://arcanehacker.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member arcanehacker Posted January 24, 2004 Author SRC Member Share Posted January 24, 2004 Hate to say this but I'll say it: Do research before buying ANY livestock. Don't waste money and needless loss of lives thru educated purchasing. There are only two reefsafe starfishes: fromia and linkia species. Any others... pls avoid unless you have a FOWLR tank... but even then... they may end up eating your fishes or be eaten themselves. AT mine has only one jewel coral and blue sponges.. you can say its a FOWLR tank... this starfish doesn't attack any LSs... even my shrimp likes to hide under it sometimes... anyway like I said, I've relocated the coral... Quote Why do we use "My 2 cents worth" when 1 cents are not legal tender in Singapore anymore? Shouldn't it be 5 cents worth? "Its easier to blame the 'mantis' or crabs in the tank for missing & dead livestocks.." http://arcanehacker.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member arcanehacker Posted January 24, 2004 Author SRC Member Share Posted January 24, 2004 thorns? what colour is it? its very dark green and with short 'thorns'..not really thorns though.. Quote Why do we use "My 2 cents worth" when 1 cents are not legal tender in Singapore anymore? Shouldn't it be 5 cents worth? "Its easier to blame the 'mantis' or crabs in the tank for missing & dead livestocks.." http://arcanehacker.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Fireclown Posted January 24, 2004 SRC Member Share Posted January 24, 2004 Is it pink in colour and had about 12arms? I've got it in my sump, isoslated away from any LS. It eats anything and everything in it's path. It came with my LR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member arcanehacker Posted January 24, 2004 Author SRC Member Share Posted January 24, 2004 Is it pink in colour and had about 12arms? I've got it in my sump, isoslated away from any LS. It eats anything and everything in it's path. It came with my LR. 12 arms?! .. I know some kinds which attacks anything... its those thin arms kinds with 'hair' all over the arms.. saw at one FS. attacked all the other starfishes.. Quote Why do we use "My 2 cents worth" when 1 cents are not legal tender in Singapore anymore? Shouldn't it be 5 cents worth? "Its easier to blame the 'mantis' or crabs in the tank for missing & dead livestocks.." http://arcanehacker.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Achilles Tang Posted January 24, 2004 Share Posted January 24, 2004 its very dark green and with short 'thorns'..not really thorns though.. Sounds like a green brittlestar... but they are considered fish eaters more than anything else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member arcanehacker Posted January 24, 2004 Author SRC Member Share Posted January 24, 2004 Sounds like a green brittlestar... but they are considered fish eaters more than anything else. no not that.. its those thick kind of starfish... these brittlestars are what I'm talking about earlier.. they even attack starfishes... I tot I saw a really small one when i bought a sponge. Didn't bother about it then since its still small.. now dunnot where it went? Quote Why do we use "My 2 cents worth" when 1 cents are not legal tender in Singapore anymore? Shouldn't it be 5 cents worth? "Its easier to blame the 'mantis' or crabs in the tank for missing & dead livestocks.." http://arcanehacker.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Achilles Tang Posted January 24, 2004 Share Posted January 24, 2004 Photo ID!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member arcanehacker Posted January 24, 2004 Author SRC Member Share Posted January 24, 2004 Photo ID!!! hehe.. forgot about it.. Quote Why do we use "My 2 cents worth" when 1 cents are not legal tender in Singapore anymore? Shouldn't it be 5 cents worth? "Its easier to blame the 'mantis' or crabs in the tank for missing & dead livestocks.." http://arcanehacker.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Achilles Tang Posted January 24, 2004 Share Posted January 24, 2004 You have to describe it better next time! It's more knobbly than thorny. Looks similar to a chocolate chip starfish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member arcanehacker Posted January 24, 2004 Author SRC Member Share Posted January 24, 2004 You have to describe it better next time! It's more knobbly than thorny. Looks similar to a chocolate chip starfish. hehe ...so is it harmful to my other LS? Quote Why do we use "My 2 cents worth" when 1 cents are not legal tender in Singapore anymore? Shouldn't it be 5 cents worth? "Its easier to blame the 'mantis' or crabs in the tank for missing & dead livestocks.." http://arcanehacker.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Achilles Tang Posted January 24, 2004 Share Posted January 24, 2004 What's a coral doing in a FOWLR tank? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member BarraCudaTM Posted January 24, 2004 SRC Member Share Posted January 24, 2004 you bet its going to eat yr corals again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Achilles Tang Posted January 24, 2004 Share Posted January 24, 2004 I'm sure that it will also eat your fishes if it can trap them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member arcanehacker Posted January 24, 2004 Author SRC Member Share Posted January 24, 2004 What's a coral doing in a FOWLR tank? hehe... I saw this jewel coral so nice so I bought it.. dun worry.. the starfish can't access it not.. funny but I think the coral is starting to coverup the bald part.. hope it does grow over it completely... Quote Why do we use "My 2 cents worth" when 1 cents are not legal tender in Singapore anymore? Shouldn't it be 5 cents worth? "Its easier to blame the 'mantis' or crabs in the tank for missing & dead livestocks.." http://arcanehacker.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member BarraCudaTM Posted January 24, 2004 SRC Member Share Posted January 24, 2004 Dont think the coral can recover so fast. LPS almost never recovers from such attacks or it will take a very long time to do so. The slimy stuff is the starfish stomach, it will extrude the stomach and the enzyme will breakdown the coral tissue on the spot just like how a spider feed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member arcanehacker Posted January 24, 2004 Author SRC Member Share Posted January 24, 2004 Dont think the coral can recover so fast. LPS almost never recovers from such attacks or it will take a very long time to do so. The slimy stuff is the starfish stomach, it will extrude the stomach and the enzyme will breakdown the coral tissue on the spot just like how a spider feed. So you are saying that i was in time to save the coral from melting from the starfish's enzymes?,, ... but that part cannot open fully already.. .. maybe wait few days see how.. hope it recovers.. Quote Why do we use "My 2 cents worth" when 1 cents are not legal tender in Singapore anymore? Shouldn't it be 5 cents worth? "Its easier to blame the 'mantis' or crabs in the tank for missing & dead livestocks.." http://arcanehacker.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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