Red Star Fish

[bloodlamb]

hi,

I bought this red star fish from AquaMarin last night. It did not seem to have moved at all from the position I placed it.

Is is normal?

How to tell if a star fish is dead? Do they turn white or something?

Thanks

[veliferium]

to see if its dead,jus see if the tentacles at the underside is still moving,observe it for at least 30 secs

[bloodlamb]

I just tried flipping it backwards and it turn itself back to the right side very very slow. It is normal for star fish to be so slow? I saw some baby brittle stars in the sand bed they seems to move much faster.

[veliferium]

brittle stars move faster......yes

[shoelevy]

I just tried flipping it backwards and it turn itself back to the right side very very slow. It is normal for star fish to be so slow? I saw some baby brittle stars in the sand bed they seems to move much faster.

haha

bro, its a starfish leh...u expect it to be roadrunner fast?!?

meep meep! phew!

normal to be slow

my sand shifter the brown colour type takes 15-30s to flip back

btw, starfishes cannot take high no3, i think by that it means above 30ppm (not sure on this value though because the highest no3 i ever had with the starfish is 30ppm)

so do watch out for your no3

i know 2 friends who had their starfishes killed by 60+ppm of no3

cheers