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03/05/2004, 11:50 PM
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From what I have heard these are very hard to keep and require perfect water conditions. I wish I had more info for you on what makes them so hard to keep but I do not. Hopefully someone else will enligten us both.
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03/06/2004, 03:37 AM
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From the threads I've read, they stay alive for about 2 months and then they die of starvation. Their arms fall off one by one (I've seen it at my lfs).
They are filter feeders, and it is virtually impossible to supply all the plankton they need - not less, the right kind. Prob a search on "feather" will lead to the info. sorenb |
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03/06/2004, 03:52 AM
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it an echinoderm...similar to urchins and starfish... i wouldn't recommend it for any tank that isn't willing to supply it with a TON OF FOOD....good luck... ithey are non-photosynthetic for the most part
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03/07/2004, 01:19 AM
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Yup, do a search. They are extremely hard to keep because they feed on like one kind of phyto that we (most of us) cannot provide. There are good foods out there we can give them but they still won't live very long. My aunt had a bright green one that lived for six months or so but eventually started dropping spines and died. Wish they were easy to keep since they are so interesting but they're not.
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