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05/01/2012, 07:42 PM | #1 |
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🍔👍sea serpant/brittle star attack trigger👍🍔
I have two baby trigger and a baby porc puffer, I'm interested in sea serpants and brittle stars, since the triggers sleep trigger in under the rocks is there a good chance that those inverts will attack them.
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05/01/2012, 08:30 PM | #2 |
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Wish there was a definite answer for you. My personal experience is that I have had green serpent stars that were model citizens and I had one that was Michael Myers. You might wait until the triggers grow a bit. When they get some weight not much is going to bother them.
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05/01/2012, 09:03 PM | #3 |
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brittle stars are detrivores and will not attack fish.
serpent stars on the other hand... |
05/02/2012, 08:51 AM | #4 |
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Depending on the size of your triggers, I expect it is more likely that the triggers will kill the stars than the other way around.
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05/02/2012, 10:06 AM | #5 |
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never heard or read of a serpent killing a trigger or puffer. I think you would be fine.
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05/02/2012, 10:10 AM | #6 | |
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IME, you have it backwards - serpent stars have never bothered anything in my tanks, and i have quite a few in my 60g reef, with the exception of the (large) red serpent. Ditto with the micro brittle stars. Not so much, however, with the green brittle stars - mine was evicted several years ago and now lives with my 4' moray
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05/02/2012, 10:58 AM | #7 | |
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I'd be careful about making blanket statements about serpent stars vs. brittle stars. a Google Image Search for both resulted in both smooth and 'hairy' specimens for each list of results. I'd say that it's more about the size than the specimens. |
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05/02/2012, 11:00 AM | #8 | |
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