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The five-armed rose starfish with its many tubercles occurs in its natural environment on shallow, rocky reefs.
One of the photos shows a starfish with only four arms, possibly a predator has snacked here.
The starfish will grow a new arm after some time, so this deficiency will be compensated quickly.
Nardoa rosea is rarely found in domestic aquaristics, but is considered reef and coral safe.
It is comfortable in well-aged aquariums with various live rock formations containing algal films / organic films and / or collections of detritus.
Since the Rose Starfish is basically an algae and detritus eater, it readily accepts an occasional feeding of algae pellets.
Feeding small pieces of fish or shellfish meat from time to time is also recommended.
The only drawback, the starfish may also eat small invertebrates in the aquarium.
Basically, aquarium animals should be allowed a period of acclimation to their own seawater.
Starfish and also shrimp are sensitive to changes in specific gravity and salinity.
A simple way to adjust:
Slowly add small amounts of aquarium water to the transport bag every few minutes until the bag's water is adjusted to that of the aquarium, usually such an adjustment takes fifteen minutes.
The animals, already stressed by the transport, will thank you.
Similar species: Nardoa gomophia (Perrier, 1875) and Nardoa frianti Koehler, 1910
Synonym: Gomophia rosea (H. L. Clark, 1921)
Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)
Synonym: Gomophia rosea (H. L. Clark, 1921)
One of the photos shows a starfish with only four arms, possibly a predator has snacked here.
The starfish will grow a new arm after some time, so this deficiency will be compensated quickly.
Nardoa rosea is rarely found in domestic aquaristics, but is considered reef and coral safe.
It is comfortable in well-aged aquariums with various live rock formations containing algal films / organic films and / or collections of detritus.
Since the Rose Starfish is basically an algae and detritus eater, it readily accepts an occasional feeding of algae pellets.
Feeding small pieces of fish or shellfish meat from time to time is also recommended.
The only drawback, the starfish may also eat small invertebrates in the aquarium.
Basically, aquarium animals should be allowed a period of acclimation to their own seawater.
Starfish and also shrimp are sensitive to changes in specific gravity and salinity.
A simple way to adjust:
Slowly add small amounts of aquarium water to the transport bag every few minutes until the bag's water is adjusted to that of the aquarium, usually such an adjustment takes fifteen minutes.
The animals, already stressed by the transport, will thank you.
Similar species: Nardoa gomophia (Perrier, 1875) and Nardoa frianti Koehler, 1910
Synonym: Gomophia rosea (H. L. Clark, 1921)
Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)
Synonym: Gomophia rosea (H. L. Clark, 1921)
