johnmaloney Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 We have all heard that starfish regenerate, and in some cases duplicate, if they are cut into two, or three, etc... Has anyone ever done this successfully? I mean successfully created two starfish by cutting one? I don't plan on doing it, just curious to see if it is true or not. Link to comment
justinl Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 well any sea star "should" be able to completely regenerate itself if a significant portion of the central disk is still attached. if you just cut off an arm, it wont work. that said, it would still be amazingly irresponsible of any reefer to deliberately try this... pointlessly cruel imo. In most tanks, most stars would probably die anyways. The hardiest ones would probably do fine though (im thinking of brittle stars in particular). For others like linckia or fromias, it would probably be a death sentence. Link to comment
soyadrink Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 I wouldnt try but in my opinion cutting mushrooms in half is probably the same thing and no1 thinks its cruel? Link to comment
LoBo Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 a mushroom is a coral, a starfish is an animal. do you not know the difference? Link to comment
josh582 Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 Corals are still classed as animals Point being, don't do it, im sure you would not appreciate being choped in half would you??? Link to comment
justinl Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 I wouldnt try but in my opinion cutting mushrooms in half is probably the same thing and no1 thinks its cruel? no it isn't the same thing. the shrooms survive and recover just fine 95% of the time dont they? I said dont do it with the star because it would likely just kill the star outright. Link to comment
usssturgeon187 Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 so should we not feed harliquin shrimp because thery eat star fish ? Link to comment
Orange Crush Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 http://www.peta.org Link to comment
jimbro Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 a mushroom is a coral, a starfish is an animal.do you not know the difference? head asplode Link to comment
adinsxq Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 muahahahaha a friend was over yesterday... "do your plants move like that or is it the water?" "it's the water... and they're not plants." Link to comment
soyadrink Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 a mushroom is a coral, a starfish is an animal.do you not know the difference? lol! n00b;) Link to comment
justinl Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 so should we not feed harliquin shrimp because thery eat star fish ? That is a completely different case. Harlequin shrimp eat nothing but stars. period. we could stop feeding them stars, but then we would be starving the shrimp. Is that any better? Link to comment
Mudfish Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 a mushroom is a coral, a starfish is an animal.do you not know the difference? Where's the duct tape? I NEED DUCT TAPE!!! Link to comment
Alexraptor Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 Who let this guy in anyway? Mushrooms aren't animals, i thought basic biology was a requirement for being a reefer Link to comment
CSoli921 Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 I have an asterina and want more... what should I do? Link to comment
NaCl+H2O Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 Oh. This is gonna get fugly. Someone keep me updated-I gotta work in a bit. Thanks! Link to comment
Paulc Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 I have an asterina and want more... what should I do? If it's an asterina starfish it will multiply quickly .. without you having to do anything to promote this !!! Link to comment
toastii Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 i have a hypothetical question, that i had been thinking about when i first learned that harlequin shrimp only ate starfish... or sea stars as they are now called. if you kept one of these shrimp, is there a way to propagate (or some other way to breed) starfish to have a constant food supply for your shrimp. Or should we just not keep these shrimp in captivity in the first place. though the original post was not in terms with the harlequin shrimp, i think the same point is here. I hope I don't sound like an idiot this is purely a question to broaden my understanding, thanks EDIT Oh and will harlequin eat asterina? because on the website i was looking at (of course it was a online fish store) it said that linkia and (i cant remember but possibly it said also fromia) would suffice for the diet of the shrimp. but i wouldnt know why someone would want to feed such beautful seastars to the shrimp so then if they do eat the asterina then i guess the above "EDIT" is void. though its still interesting to think about and would hopefully recieve answers to Link to comment
CSoli921 Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 If it's an asterina starfish it will multiply quickly .. without you having to do anything to promote this !!! do they reproduce on their own? without a partner? Link to comment
Alexraptor Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 Sure do, they reproduce asexually by dropping limbs. Link to comment
o0xerog0o Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 Sure do, they reproduce asexually by dropping limbs. I'm waiting on my asterina to start reproducing. I would like to have a bunch of them in my tank eventually... As far as the rest of this thread goes... Link to comment
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