Feeding a blue starfish

[lo7100]

For the people who has a blue starfish, do you actually feed them? I tried raw shrimp but not success.

 

[guarda]

You don't, they're supposedly detrivores and need well established and varied tanks. Most die in captivity. I recall reading on Bob Fenner's site that no one really knows exactly what they "eat" in captivity, just that very few that live longer than 5 years in our tanks.