starfish at J&L

[Samw]

I saw some neat, but very expensive, starfish yesterday at J&L. It was orange with blue dots if I remember correctly. I wasn't able to find the ID of them when I was at the store. I've never seen them anywhere before. Did anyone else see them and know what species it is?

[christyf5]

I think those were on their "New & Noteworthy" page a couple of weeks ago. They called them "opie" stars. Ophidiaster something or other. I can't remember the species name. Sorry. How much were they? I remember them being quite reasonable on their web page.

Christy :)

[Samw]

Hi Christy. I think the ones that you saw on their website were the plain orange stars. They were $19. But the ones at the shop yesterday were not the same. They were larger and had blue dots. They were $45 or so each.

[christyf5]

Well the ones on their site definitely had blue dots. I could be off on the price though. I do that sometimes :razz:

[Chin_Lee]

The opie star that was on their new and notworthy were for 19.99. I bought one of them and its been crusing around my tank for a while. ONe of its arm fell off and now its also crusing around so I'm expecting two of these full stars soon. I sure didn't see any thats for $45!!!! thats steep! i am waiting for some red serpent or blue stars like yours Sam.

[Samw]

Hey Chin. The stars came in this week I think since they weren't there last weekend when I was there. Someone here should get 1 and take some pics. :smile: I would get one except, my anemones have aquired a taste for orange stars falling off the glass and into their mouths.

[trilinearmipmap]

I am just wondering about the survivability of these starfish and how many people have had success with them for more than a few months, I'd love to get a blue linkia or a red starfish but I'm worried about losing it. There does not seem to be a consensus on what these starfish eat or how to sustain them.

[Samw]

Here it is. Isn't that sweet!?! It says Fromia but I've never seen anything like it before.

The price went up. :sad: Now $55.

http://www.jlaquatics.com/static/livestock/noteworthy.htm

http://www.jlaquatics.com/images/custodian/star-fromia-rs.jpg