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Their not that bad to catch , easily bated , I started using for the same reason and ended up keeping it . Their beautiful to look at and have their own personality . I just buy a chocolate starfish for it to eat about one a month .
When first starting the tank, I had wanted one. I love shrimp. I have peppermints, skunk cleaners, fire shrimp, pistol shrimp. I saw the
Harlequin and wanted to add. When I looked into it more, I found out they only eat starfish, and I don't have a local place that regularly sells them. My LFS gets maybe one a year in. Several online vendors sell them, but the shipping cost each time would be crazy. I did see a suggestion to buy several and keep them in a separate tank. I do love how pretty they are.
A aptasia eating file fish to eat aptasia , a foxface bristletooth tang for bubble algae , and Mexican turbo snails to eat long hair algae might be of help to help clean up the other issues you have but could be hit or miss depending on the peticular fish . Kole tangs love diatoms and algae plus their cool to watch . Hope this is helpful
I've always had good luck with peppermint shrimp and aiptasia. Emerald crabs have been hit or miss with bubble algae. However, Reef Cleaners, who I usually order my CUC from, guarantees his emerald crabs will eat bubble algae. So I thought I would try it out. If they don't take care of it before the tank move, maybe I could add some more fish in the bigger tank.