Shrimp, Snails, and Crabs
Chocolate Starfish
Protoreaster nodosus
Photo: Franz Xaver · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature24–27 °C
- pH8.1–8.4
- Adult size30 cm
- Difficulty★★☆☆☆
- TemperamentPeaceful
- WaterMarine
- Reef safeNo
Full profile
- Family
- Oreasteridae
- Origin
- Indo-Pacific
- Size
- 20 – 30 cm
- Temperature
- 24 – 27°C
- pH
- 8.1 – 8.4
- Salinity
- 1.023 – 1.025
- Difficulty
- ★★☆☆☆
- Water type
- marine
- Behavior
- Peaceful (eats corals and slow-moving invertebrates)
- Diet
- omnivore
- Reproduction
- releases gametes
- Reef Safe
- ❌ No
Notes: Cream-colored body with chocolate-brown bumps. Hardy, but feeds on corals and clams.
