I don't have one but I saw them and know that they eat star fish. Do people just buy star fish for it to eat I've heard people also cut off limbs of a star and they feed it to the shrimp and the limbs grow back. Whats the best way?
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@Thespammailaccount has two pairs of harlequin starfish; she can offer some insight on feeding requirements.
Generally people will pass one around in a local community if they have a small star population they are trying to get rid of and will pass it on to the next reefer when the problem is solved. People generally pass it to the next reefer since one shrimp needs about 50 small stars a day to survive long term. I have two pair because I enjoy them. I buy 4 to 6 starfish a month to feed them. My largest pair is over two inches and can eat an entire starfish in a few days. I do not cut off legs anymore because they are large enough to flip the starfish over and immobilized it. If you keep macroalgae in the tank they will feed the starfish to prolong its life. On average these shrimp have a lifespan of about seven years with ample foodI don't have one but I saw them and know that they eat star fish. Do people just buy star fish for it to eat I've heard people also cut off limbs of a star and they feed it to the shrimp and the limbs grow back. Whats the best way?
Yup, they blow thru asterina stars pretty fast. I'm assuming not much meat on them or whatever they eat off of them.A pair killed all of em that fast wow
OMG that is a horrible fate for the Star Fish. He's flipped and eaten then fed so he can grow back limbs and then eaten some more. These shrimp are diabolical.I do not cut off legs anymore because they are large enough to flip the starfish over and immobilized it. If you keep macroalgae in the tank they will feed the starfish to prolong its life. On average these shrimp have a lifespan of about seven years with ample food
Sounds pretty cruel even though starfish doesn't have brainsOMG that is a horrible fate for the Star Fish. He's flipped and eaten then fed so he can grow back limbs and then eaten some more. These shrimp are diabolical.
Do you feed your tank copepods, amphipods, brine, etc?Don’t know if I could stomach the regular amputation of an animal, it just would not feel right.
I guess I will never own a harlequin shrimp.
Feeding copepods brine etc could be considered worse because they have brains and starfish don'tDo you feed your tank copepods, amphipods, brine, etc?
Yes but I don't go around and amputate off the copepods legs and then feed them to the fish.Do you feed your tank copepods, amphipods, brine, etc?
exactly why i don't keep them long term. use them to destroy asterina population and then cycle it to someone else having the same issue. they are so beautiful tho.Yes but I don't go around and amputate off the copepods legs and then feed them to the fish.
Would you rather just get eaten by a shark in one bite or dipped monthly into a Piranha pool and then yanked out and allowed to have your wounds recover and the dunked back in again in an endless cycle?