Chocolate Chip with BTA?

[fixel2002]

Does anyone here have any experience keeping a Bubbletip Anenome with a chocolate chip starfish?

I bought a BTA last weekend and am beginning to regret it as he has stung 2 corals pretty badly and I’m not sure either will recover. I have a FOWLR tank that I’m considering moving him too, but of course I have a chocolate chip starfish in there.

I’ve been googling for the last 10 mins or so and have only seen one post from YEARS ago where a guy says his chocolate chip ate an anemone, but never said if it was a BTA. Mostly everything else says it’s possible but they haven’t heard of it.

 

[Matt L]

Does anyone here have any experience keeping a Bubbletip Anenome with a chocolate chip starfish?

I bought a BTA last weekend and am beginning to regret it as he has stung 2 corals pretty badly and I’m not sure either will recover. I have a FOWLR tank that I’m considering moving him too, but of course I have a chocolate chip starfish in there.

I’ve been googling for the last 10 mins or so and have only seen one post from YEARS ago where a guy says his chocolate chip ate an anemone, but never said if it was a BTA. Mostly everything else says it’s possible but they haven’t heard of it.

I’m not sure if anyone can say it will eat a nem for sure, but I know chocolate chip stars are generally not reef safe. But you can probably rehome it if necessary and get a different star or urchin, etc to help with cleaning the tank if needed. I personally don’t keep nems because of the issue you discussed, I like coral more. I hope you find a solution!