Anyone ever owned a Feather Star and/or a spiral gorgonian?

[naesco]

Originally Posted by Clay&Chey

We were at a local fish store today and saw an interesting creature we'd never seen. A feather star... Has anyone ever owned one and had it live for any length of time?? What were its care requirements? Also saw a spiral gorgonian same question.... Any of you ever owned one for any length of time and if so what were the care requirements? Thanks

God if your LFS is bringing in Feather or Basket Stars to unsuspecting reefers you better change LFS and give them a talking to.
Zero chance of success. Best left in the ocean.

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[Pier Pressure]

Yeah these feather stars are tough. I got rooked into one at an LFS and it lasted approximately two months. I tried to feed it everything and it just did not pan out.

[Myka]

I've seen Feather/Basket starfish at a few different LFS. I have also seen one in a tank that I went to buy some corals from. It was the biggest Feather star I've ever seen. The guy said he had it for 2 years, and didn't do anything special for it. The tank also has the absolute worst Acoel FW infestation I have ever seen (I didn't buy any of the corals!). Who knows if the guy was telling the truth...maybe he had the star for 3 days for all I know.

I've never seen Iridogorgia in person. Very cool gorg, but I think the only hope of success would be to have a dedicated non-photosynthetic tank for it.

[mseepman]

My LFS brought in several one year and I tried one. It was beautiful but I was only able to keep it about 5 months. I tried every food that I could google and still nothing worked. It was a beautiful creature and it made me sick to watch fade away and die.

I would never recommend one. I know I spoke to my LFS about never bringing them in again and they told me that there was a 100% mortality among the people who bought them.

[nanmer]

Which are you talking about? Feather stars or coco worm/feather dusters? I have coco worms and feather dusters and they seem to be doing awesome.