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04-10-2007, 09:12 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Apr 2006
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Harlequin Shrimp
how much do you feed them? how do you feed them, and what kind of starfish do you feed them? ive read a few little things online but i'd rather hear from people who are actually keeping them. thanks --Erik
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04-10-2007, 09:21 AM
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Reefless Reefer
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Durham, NC
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i have heard that if you get started early in deciding you want a harliquin shrimp you can get some algae eating Asterina stars and get them breeding in the tank. they are relatively small so you will need a good solid population of them before you get the shrimp. since Asterina's are algae eaters they are easy to breed and can increase numbers rather rapidly.
sorry, no real first hand experiences though.
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04-10-2007, 10:01 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Kent, OH
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yea, ive got no problem in waiting. my lfs has asternia stars but won't sell them because they don't have that many, but their tanks crash often enough i dotn really see that happening. anyone have some to sell?
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04-10-2007, 10:03 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Apr 2006
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oh actually i geuss i'd want to know this too, will they eat brittle stars? i've got a fairly big one that i;d rather not have get eaten, but in then end don't really care.
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04-10-2007, 10:11 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
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We have people that buy a chocolate chip stars about once every two weeks, Depends on the size of the shrimp and the starfish
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04-10-2007, 10:52 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Mactan Island Philippines
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Harlequin shrimp will not go after brittlestars, have already tested that one out.
Chuck
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04-10-2007, 11:04 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Kent, OH
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nice, thanks.
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04-10-2007, 11:06 AM
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BIG SMELLY MOD
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I will also say that I have fed them legs only have they have taken them, I don't cut the legs off, LOL, But when You have many stars coming and going , you do have some that lose legs.
They can also go for sometime without a star to eat, not like you have to have one in the tank all the time for them,
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04-11-2007, 01:04 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: rochester n.y.
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i have a harlaquin shrimp.
i got it to control the mini starfish outbreak in my display.
it did a great job.
inbetween spikes in natural live food , i feed him chocolat chip stars.
5$ at the lfs , it lasts him a while.
if it gets nasty , i throw it away.
and the harlaquin goes back to the minis.
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04-11-2007, 01:07 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2005
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Thats kinda sad. Poor chocolate chip starfish LOL
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04-11-2007, 01:13 AM
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Underwater Coral Farmer
Join Date: Aug 2005
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I heard you can put some choclate chip stars in your sump and then leave 1 in your display for a day or so then pull it out and let it regenerate. Its amazing to watch they can devoure the entire thing in a weekend.
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04-11-2007, 01:15 AM
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Shark
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Pismo Beach, CA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Fly Guy
Thats kinda sad. Poor chocolate chip starfish LOL
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I was thinking the same thing LOL.
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04-11-2007, 01:16 AM
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Underwater Coral Farmer
Join Date: Aug 2005
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jflip2002
I was thinking the same thing LOL.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Fly Guy
Thats kinda sad. Poor chocolate chip starfish LOL
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Oh well survival of the fittest, and they are not even reef safe
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04-11-2007, 01:26 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: rochester n.y.
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the harlaquin smells the star out before it even hits the ground.
its hard to shake the har. off.
tts pretty cool.
besides the harlaquins are beutiful.
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04-11-2007, 01:36 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by fish.freak
Oh well survival of the fittest, and they are not even reef safe
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Yeah, i dont LIKE chocolate chip starfish or anything, on the contrary my frist reef came with a couple and they sucked.........but not sure about the "survival of the fittest". Its kinda like throwing that harlequin in with a big trigger........not so much survival of the fittest but instead "lunch time". lol
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