Hello just joined today I hope to benefit from your knowledge and advise.
My tank was set up on 03/28/07 and I feel it has finally matured from all of my testing I am getting salinity reading of 1.024 ph is 0 nitite is 0 ammonia 0 and my nitriate is 10 . I currently have only 10lbs of live rock (plan to add 20lbs more) three hermit crabs and a smaller crab that I bearly see it came from the live rock , one blue damsel fish and yesterday while observing I notice that I now have two very tiny star fish.
My problem is now I do not know how to feed starfish and they are so small that I can't identify them . What should I do about feeding them ?
My tank was set up on 03/28/07 and I feel it has finally matured from all of my testing I am getting salinity reading of 1.024 ph is 0 nitite is 0 ammonia 0 and my nitriate is 10 . I currently have only 10lbs of live rock (plan to add 20lbs more) three hermit crabs and a smaller crab that I bearly see it came from the live rock , one blue damsel fish and yesterday while observing I notice that I now have two very tiny star fish.
My problem is now I do not know how to feed starfish and they are so small that I can't identify them . What should I do about feeding them ?
I wouldn't try to feed the small ones directly. They will benefit from the missed food that you are feeding your fish, those morsels that get stuck around rocks and in the substrate. They eat fish poo, algae, bacteria what ever they can find. They are good for cleaning under rocks too. Best of luck to ya!
Welcome! Good luck with your progress!! I just want to warn you that Blue Damsels are very mean. I have one and he is SO MEAN! He picks on every single fish in the tank. They are also very hard to remove once you decide you don't want them. I have been trying to catch him for days with no avail. If you don't want him long term, IMO you should try getting him out before you add alot of rock. Good luck!!