Emergency Chocolate Chip Adoption, please...

[phrog]

Okay, I messed up. I'm new to this whole experiment and did not research enough before I made a purchase. My wife had a gift certificate and needed to use it. Yesterday, we bought a chocolate chip starfish from a local store and brought it home. I noticed it sitting where a mushroom normally is. When I lifted it off, the mushroom had been devoured. The problem I have is that I just bought a few more softies today.

I'm going to Port A tomorrow, leaving before any store would be open. Can anybody take this off my hands?

I'm in San Antonio, near Ingram and 410.

If I can't get rid of it tonight, how long will it last in a bucket (with water)? Can I leave it like that until I come home tomorrow and then do a water change, etc. until I can get to a store?

[MissT]

If you could put it in a 5 gallon bucket and toss in an airstone, it would be fine until tomorrow

[phrog]

Alright, I managed to find an air stone (don't know why I have a spare). The starfish is in a bucket with the rest of the mushroom it was grazing on.

I don't want anything to happen to it. It is a very cool looking starfish. Any suggestions who might take it off my hands? Somebody with a FOWLR want to trade/buy?

[MRSBIGBIRD123]

You may also can take to a LFS and they might give you store credit.

[phrog]

I thought to take it back to the store where I got it, but they don't open until noon. That's why I'm hoping it will be good in the bucket until I can get to a store.

Honestly, I'd much rather keep it. I like it a lot. My emergency is just keeping it alive and not letting it kill the start of foray into the coral world.

For the future, would it work to have it in a nano tank?

[Bill S]

I buy them all the time - they are um... food for my Harlequin shrimp.

[phrog]

I don't suppose your shrimp need a midnight snack?

[ErikH]

Yeah those guys will devour softies. I had one go over a zoa covered rock and leave nothing behind. Yes, I was #$^#$^#$^#$^#$^$#^#$^. Stars with knobs usually are not reef safe.

[phrog]

Thanks to D_and_A_Custom the problem has been solved. He picked it up today. The tanks is safe again.