Starfish ID: Reef Safe??

[AdeptMrSniffles]

Alrighty peeps! Throwing this pic of a starfish my g/f found on her walk today. She'd like to add it to our tank but it's goin back in the gulf if it's going to snack on my coral! Here's a pic:

We're on the Florida Gulf Coast in between St.Petersburg and Sarasota. Maybe that location can help. I've tried looking for gulf coast species but all thats being returned in BS. Thanks for any IDs!

Also: A pic of a sunset.

Ya, your jealous!

And a pic of me :)

I know I'm handsome. But I'm taken by my lovely g/f!

 

[Bifferwine]

Here are 5 pages of pretty much every species of starfish out there (scroll to the bottom to get to the other pages -- it's in German or something).

Sea Stars (Echinoderms) - Starfish Photos - Seesterne (Stachelhäuter)

I'd go through it myself, but my slow ass computer won't load most of the pictures :(

 

[ndepratt]

my first thought was that it was a fromia.... but who knows.

 

[yote]

You could have posted a pic of your GF :mrgreen:

 

[AdeptMrSniffles]

I would have. however, I need people to pay attention to the starfish and not my woman haha. :D

 

[winyfrog]

It looks like a fromia to me. But I would suggest that you put it back in the ocean. Your tank will probably not sustain it and it will eventually die. Most starfish that don't eat coral eat sponges and algaes that we can't provide for them.

 

[ndepratt]

It looks like a fromia to me. But I would suggest that you put it back in the ocean. Your tank will probably not sustain it and it will eventually die. Most starfish that don't eat coral eat sponges and algaes that we can't provide for them.

+1

awesome advice!

 

[Redfish]

I to need some help with I'd comes from Texas guld coast.

Panoramio - Photo of Starfish on Matagorda Beach

Can someone help me? Sorry I am digging up an old post but I have searched all over and can not find anything on this one.

Trying to learn about this one.

 

[little_fish]

looks like a sandsifting star, I would put it back, they generally starve in our tanks.

You will have much better luck by starting a new post than resurrecting this very very old, dead thread