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Description
Basket Starfish (Astroboa ernae)
Overview:
The Basket Starfish is a highly intricate and fascinating echinoderm, featuring long, branching arms that form a delicate, basket-like structure. Nocturnal and slow-moving, it adds a unique visual element to established marine aquariums.
Origin:
Native to the Indo-Pacific, commonly found on coral reefs and rocky substrates.
Feeding:
Suspension feeder. Captures plankton and tiny particles from the water column. In aquariums, may require supplemental feeding with finely chopped meaty foods or specialized plankton feeds.
Tank Mates:
Reef-safe with fish and corals. Avoid housing with aggressive or predatory species that may damage its delicate arms.
Aggression:
Completely peaceful.
Experience Level:
Advanced. Requires a mature, well-established tank with excellent water quality, stable parameters, and low-flow areas for feeding.
Water Parameters:
- Temperature: 72–78°F (22–25.5°C)
- pH: 8.1–8.4
- Salinity: 1.023–1.025
- dKH: 8–12
DX courier delivery is £20 per livestock order.
Delivery is scheduled for your selected delivery date and typically arrives before 1pm.
There is no minimum or maximum order value.
Additional information:
- In-stock livestock orders will be processed and dispatched for delivery on the date selected on the cart/basket page.
- Available delivery days are Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.
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- Shipping for dry goods is charged separately from livestock delivery. Dry goods are dispatched according to our standard delivery policy.
- All livestock remains covered by our 7-day guarantee.