How often to feed a harlequin Shrimp ?

[mOnsterzOas26]

Hi all , just got me a harlequin shrimp and I'm wondering how often to feed , also what's the cheapest starfish to feed thanks ...

 

[mOnsterzOas26]

Here it is

 

[LAX Noob Reef]

I have not feed my for almost a month now. Get chocolate chip for it.

 

[Wrx5803]

You can feed roughly 1 leg every 2 weeks

 

[mOnsterzOas26]

I have not feed my for almost a month now. Get chocolate chip for it.

Really ? They can be without eating for that long ?

 

[mOnsterzOas26]

You can feed roughly 1 leg every 2 weeks

How u cut one leg with out killing the starfish ?

 

[Haddonis Reef]

I'd buy cc star fish bad cut a leg off throw the rest in the freezer. Do this every three week to a month!

 

[mOnsterzOas26]

I'd buy cc star fish bad cut a leg off throw the rest in the freezer. Do this every three week to a month!

Thanks for chiming in , so 1 leg every 3 weeks ?

 

[Dan1789]

I fed mine 1 leg every week, I forgot for two weeks and it died, could be coincidence, but...

 

[Nanofreak79]

They only like to eat live food. I feed my pair a whole CC once every three to four weeks. You can buy many CC's and cut legs off them and just cycle through them, giving them time to re grow there legs. I can usually tell when there hungry as well because they will come out of there cave and walk around the front of the tank.

 

[duke4130]

Every time I would see mine come out I would wait a couple of days and then give it a small cc star..... They will keep the star alive till the very end.... You just need to make sure that it is small enough that the shrimp can flip it over... No need to worry about a star decaying in the system

 

[mOnsterzOas26]

Ok so is it true that they only eat alive stars or frozen too ? also if I'm gonna cut a leg from one cc star how do I do so that the rest of the starfish don't die ? Should I acclimate the star ?

 

[Boa1277]

I have 4 and they will eat frozen CHoc Chip all day long. Now I cut the legs into chunks and feed each a chunk once a week.

 

[mOnsterzOas26]

I have 4 and they will eat frozen CHoc Chip all day long. Now I cut the legs into chunks and feed each a chunk once a week.

That's cool , u trained them to eat frozen or they all eat frozen ?

 

[pugbug99]

I feed mine every month one cc star, but I do have the little white starfish in the tank for them also so they always have something to eat.

 

[iretthepirate]

3 Weeks or month is to long of wait poor things. Feed it a leg a week at the very least 2 tops. if you're worried about it dying in your tank just freeze it

 

[Nanofreak79]

They eat the starfish from the inside out. The starfish stays alive the whole time it is being eaten, assuming it's being fed whole. I feed mine a whole CC, and when they finish I wait till they start cruising around the tank again, which has come to signal me there hungry again. I got sick of chopping up stars, and I don't know of any that are eating frozen/dead stars?

 

[Nanofreak79]

Hi all , just got me a harlequin shrimp and I'm wondering how often to feed , also what's the cheapest starfish to feed thanks ...

This is the whole issue right here...do some homework before you purchase something spur of the moment. It never ends well! Usually happens with Mandy's as well.

 

[mOnsterzOas26]

This is the whole issue right here...do some homework before you purchase something spur of the moment. It never ends well! Usually happens with Mandy's as well.

I did my research bro , I just like to hear different opinions from different forums that's it

 

[pugbug99]

I feed mine once a month or every three weeks and I buy the small chocolate chips and feed the whole thing. I also have asterina stars in the tank also and they eat those too