Brittle Starfish

[Dallas]

Has anyone had a problem with brittle/green stars? I've had one for about a year and all of a sudden I have 2 fish missing. Didn't really suspect him until I saw him attacking a hermit crab! At first I thought my tiny clown lept to his death (I had to fish him from the overflow a number of times) and the cat ate him. but now my dragonette has gone missing, and he was no jumper. I searched for articles and found 50/50 mix about loosing the brittle stars.
BTW all tank par. are great.

dallas

[kellymm]

KILLERS mine got convicted of first degree murder the sentence was life in the fuge with no chance of parole

[sally]

Brittle starfish are predatory. Even the brown brittle stars can be, especially for bottom dwelling fish.

[Lifestudent]

As my daughter would used to say: "Greenies are meanies!" They do eat fish.

My daughter has a red one going on 2 yrs without any problems.

Bob

[Dallas]

thanks for the reply, I will do a capture tonight and see if anyone wants the offending creature.
This is what I get for buying raw rock from fla. killer brittlestars and mantis shrimp. Took me almost a year to capture the 4 mantis(after they ate most of my snails and crabs)

lesson learned.

dallas

[Ray1214]

I will take him if you get no offers Dallas. He may have company with one of mine. Chris (Mafiaman) had a huge one in a sump. that is where I will regulate him...a live rock sump.

[GOHOKIES]

get rid of that thing asap! Ive been trying to get the word out on those. Mine ate pretty much all of my fish, including a 4" yellow tang. They box them into holes in the rocks at night and gobble them up. Must be a terrible way to go. The green and yellowish ones are total killers. Mine lived in there for almost 3 years then ate everything in like two weeks.

[Daytona955]

Lol I would never have guessed. Maybe I should start running purchases by you guys first, lol

[Melissa]

Hey, Ray,
That chaeto you gave me at the meeting has a tiny whitish brittle star in it. Do you have those starfish in your pipefish tank?

Melissa