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Finally got me Harlequin Shrimp I'm so stoked
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It doesn't always work - but there are threads about people feeding asterina starfish - which are easily captive-bred since they reproduce by fission. The only catch is that there is one species (out of the unknown dozens/hundreds/thousands) that supposedly eats corals.
The ones I have came from a tank with sps/lps - no problems. Even so I'm paranoid and been removing them. If I catch and live ones- I can pass them to you if you want.
Also - I noticed Rob's tank here (fs/ft) has a huge army of them in his pics. Maybe you could ask for some from him. This will be cheaper in the long run and also great for the chocolate chip stars that don't have to be dinner.
The ones I have came from a tank with sps/lps - no problems. Even so I'm paranoid and been removing them. If I catch and live ones- I can pass them to you if you want.
Also - I noticed Rob's tank here (fs/ft) has a huge army of them in his pics. Maybe you could ask for some from him. This will be cheaper in the long run and also great for the chocolate chip stars that don't have to be dinner.
Hawkeye said:It doesn't always work - but there are threads about people feeding asterina starfish - which are easily captive-bred since they reproduce by fission. The only catch is that there is one species (out of the unknown dozens/hundreds/thousands) that supposedly eats corals.
The ones I have came from a tank with sps/lps - no problems. Even so I'm paranoid and been removing them. If I catch and live ones- I can pass them to you if you want.
Also - I noticed Rob's tank here (fs/ft) has a huge army of them in his pics. Maybe you could ask for some from him. This will be cheaper in the long run and also great for the chocolate chip stars that don't have to be dinner.
I have a whole bunch of them myself I havent seen the shrimp go after them yet but maybe thats because they are still getting used to their new home
Congrats on your new, beautiful additions, Mike. They're just gorgeous! If I didn't have my brittle starfish and 3 cleaner chrimp + the coral banded, I would most certainly get me a pair of those, even though I would have a problem with feeding 'em starfish. :-X Are you going to actually dismember a leg of a chocolate starfish and throw it in, and then next time use a different one to dismember, so that the first one can (hopefully) regenerate?
We throw our starfish in whole. The regenerate thing doesn't seem to happen fast enough and they really need a whole starfish per [insert period of time here depending on size]. I always knew that when mine were not hiding it was because they were hungry and needed to be fed.
They won't decimate an asterina population. They don't care for them well enough and can't be bothered. They'd starve to death before they'd clear a tank.
Wendy, they don't bother my brittle or serpent stars.
They won't decimate an asterina population. They don't care for them well enough and can't be bothered. They'd starve to death before they'd clear a tank.
Wendy, they don't bother my brittle or serpent stars.
It will take up to 10m or so for them to find it in the tank (especially if it is kept in the sump of the same system). If you were to keep it separate they would smell it immediately upon putting it into the tank. The first time we put one in from the sump we were amazed at how much longer it took them to find it.
We have to just about drop it on their heads if we were storing it in the sump!
We have to just about drop it on their heads if we were storing it in the sump!
Congrats on the new additions
It's not cruel, it's nature. It is no different than adding pods and stuff to your tank to feed your fish and corals.
BTW, nice looking couple you got there Mike.