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05-23-2009, 08:05 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: WA
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Brittle star Q
Can a brittle star go without direct feeding in an established tank for two weeks, just on scavenging?
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05-23-2009, 08:20 PM
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This Space For Rent!
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Kansas City, MO
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I would think so in most tanks...I rarely feed my brittle or serpent stars directly.
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05-23-2009, 10:49 PM
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I've got the REEF rash!
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: New Jersey
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Yes,I would say so.
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05-24-2009, 12:14 AM
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I <3 Fishies
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Dallas,Texas
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Im assuming you have a 14g biocube? I say it might but that is quite a long time for a brittle star to go with out feeding in such a small tank. But in regards to scavenging what do u feed the rest of your live stock?
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07-18-2009, 10:39 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Mishawaka
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I only feed mine directly half dozen times a year. It is a good 12 to 15" so it is good sized in a 125 gal for four years. Most of the time I have halides on and it is really too bright for his comfort so I really have to coax him to come out in the daytime.
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07-21-2009, 10:48 PM
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College Reefer= Broke
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Middle town KY
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I used to never see mine except once a month or so i will see his black arm pop out from a rock never fed him unless i saw his arm waving and i would put some Frozen food near him but besides that never really did anything special but a 14g might be hard for him to live without direct feeding
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07-21-2009, 11:20 PM
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Keeper of the Kracken
 
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Martin, SC
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I have never direct fed mine either and it does quite well scavenging around the tank, which is what you actually want them to do.
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07-22-2009, 02:59 AM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: May 2009
Location: phila
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i have one that i got as a hitch hicker for 3 or4 months now and i never feed him. when i feed the fish i see his arms come out to feed he fights with the polyps for food that lands on them.
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07-22-2009, 03:57 PM
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"Just keep swimming..."
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Sanford, north carolina
Posts: 777
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scavenging sounds good to me. I have never had a brittle star personally. There was one star creature that was like 2-3 centimeters long and was white. it was crawling around on my rocks while I was cleaning the tank but i haven't seen it since  I wonder if one of my fish ate it. BAD FISH!! LOL |
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07-24-2009, 09:26 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Hollywood Florida
Posts: 355
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i have a brittle in my 8 gallon biocube .. he's about 8" from leg to leg... he survives completely on two feedings per week thats for my clown...
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07-27-2009, 09:35 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 60
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wont a chocolate star kill my corals
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07-27-2009, 10:15 PM
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Keeper of the Kracken
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Martin, SC
Posts: 11,407
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Chocolate chip stars will eat anything that cannot move out of their way.
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11-19-2009, 07:28 AM
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Plankton
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Ballina, Australia
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cutietwo
scavenging sounds good to me. I have never had a brittle star personally. There was one star creature that was like 2-3 centimeters long and was white. it was crawling around on my rocks while I was cleaning the tank but i haven't seen it since I wonder if one of my fish ate it. BAD FISH!! LOL |
I'm in the same boat here, but I'm more inclined to believe its very lazy. Why move out and about when the food comes to it. I have seen mine only about 3 times in 6 months, but it looks very slightly bigger each time
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11-19-2009, 07:44 AM
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I've got the REEF rash!
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 34,096
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Hope it's not a green one!They eat everything(ate my Purple Tang once!Grrrr!)
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