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08-11-2007, 11:38 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Kansas City, MO
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why Brittle Stars are not reef safe...
I have a pretty good sized brittle star in my 29G and he has gone on a feather duster eating rampage  ...he got ahold of 1 that had come out of his tube last week and it took him a day to eat it. (I had 4 good size feather dusters) I wasnt happy about it but I was okay with it at first. But a week later he had eaten all of my feathers up like its the only thing he ever wanted. AND NOW!...I have a mithrax crab missing and I'm wondering who else has had problems with brittle stars. Are they that great at scavenging detritus that its worth 50 bucks in feather dusters is all I can think about...
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08-11-2007, 12:03 PM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Jan 1999
Location: Southern Oregon, Way West of Dimples ;)
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What kind of brittle star is it?
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08-11-2007, 12:07 PM
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Caitlin Renee 6/29/07
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Wooster, Ohio
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the green brittles tend to eat smaller fish and inverts....
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90g RR w/30g custom sump,30# Kaelini,30# Marshall,20# Uaniva,20# Tonga Branch,2 6045s,1 Seio 820,Milwaukee pH monitor,Milwaukee ORP monitor,(2) 150w Ebo Jager heaters,PanWorld 50px return pump, 2x54w T5 w/individual SLR IC reflectors,2x250w XM 10k w/ARO 250w electronic ballast,Reef Octopus NW200 skimmer
still a work in progress, but getting ever so close
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08-11-2007, 12:28 PM
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I've got the REEF rash!
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: New Jersey
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DevilBoy
the green brittles tend to eat smaller fish and inverts....
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Not just small fish! I had a good size Tang he ate!
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08-11-2007, 12:32 PM
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The Snarky One
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: KS
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I've NEVER had a problem with either of my brittles...
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08-11-2007, 12:36 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Ontario, CA
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I have only heard the greens are nasty. I had a red, who was attacked and killed by a pistol shrimp. I have 3 white brittle hitchhikers at the momnent, but too small to cause trouble. |
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08-11-2007, 12:36 PM
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Caitlin Renee 6/29/07
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Wooster, Ohio
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bloke
I've NEVER had a problem with either of my brittles...
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Are they green brittles?
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90g RR w/30g custom sump,30# Kaelini,30# Marshall,20# Uaniva,20# Tonga Branch,2 6045s,1 Seio 820,Milwaukee pH monitor,Milwaukee ORP monitor,(2) 150w Ebo Jager heaters,PanWorld 50px return pump, 2x54w T5 w/individual SLR IC reflectors,2x250w XM 10k w/ARO 250w electronic ballast,Reef Octopus NW200 skimmer
still a work in progress, but getting ever so close
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08-11-2007, 12:45 PM
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The Snarky One
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: KS
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Both are
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08-11-2007, 12:56 PM
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Caitlin Renee 6/29/07
Join Date: Nov 2005
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Quote:
Originally Posted by seasalt dreams
I have only heard the greens are nasty. I had a red, who was attacked and killed by a pistol shrimp. I have 3 white brittle hitchhikers at the momnent, but too small to cause trouble.
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The white brittles are mini brittle stars, they wont get very big.
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90g RR w/30g custom sump,30# Kaelini,30# Marshall,20# Uaniva,20# Tonga Branch,2 6045s,1 Seio 820,Milwaukee pH monitor,Milwaukee ORP monitor,(2) 150w Ebo Jager heaters,PanWorld 50px return pump, 2x54w T5 w/individual SLR IC reflectors,2x250w XM 10k w/ARO 250w electronic ballast,Reef Octopus NW200 skimmer
still a work in progress, but getting ever so close
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08-13-2007, 10:51 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Kansas City, MO
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I have heard of these things perching on rocks and jumping down on fish...I havent seen this kind of aggression from mine but he loves feather dusters fo sho! So I am going to target feed him with formula 1 and 2 and see if that helps
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08-13-2007, 11:00 AM
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Professor Chaos
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Arkham Asylum
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there is a difference between serpent and brittle stars. serpents don't have and "hairs" on their legs and have been known to eat their neighbors... brittle stars have hairs on their legs and are not usually going to eat anything but scum off rocks.
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08-13-2007, 11:02 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Kansas City, MO
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well then mine is a serpent star...my bad!
He his brown with white stripes...his central disc is about as wide as a golfball |
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08-13-2007, 04:32 PM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Canada
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He is a hrliquin serpant indo-pacific, the caribiean's are green and white.
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