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11/20/2017, 12:01 AM | #1 |
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Red/brown brittle star not invert safe?
I've had this reddish brown brittle star for two years. It came with my TBS package and I love it. It's disc is about the size of a fifty cent piece, and it's arms must span about 12-14 inches across.
I bought a peppermint shrimp yesterday that took up residence in a large finger coral at the opposite end of the 4-foot tank from where the brittle star lives. Today, I saw the brittle star under the coral and hours later, I saw the shrimp's severed head. Are they known for killing inverts? It lived with another shrimp in the same rock for about a year. I never knew how that one died. I'd like to get a cleaner shrimp one day, but am now worried about it being killed. I do feed this one every time I feed my fish. |
11/20/2017, 02:34 PM | #2 |
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They will sometimes go after small sleeping fish. I wouldn't be surprised if it ate an invert or 2.
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I think I'll play it safe and not introduce any more shrimps to my tank, which is a sad thought. |
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11/25/2017, 11:54 AM | #4 |
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They will certainly kill shrimp, given an opportunity.
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11/25/2017, 05:57 PM | #6 |
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They will eat fish, corals and inverts if they are hungry, gotta keep them well fed.
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11/25/2017, 06:21 PM | #8 |
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We havent had them (2) for very long. I have been giving them each a small shrimp every morning. I did a lot of reading on them and if they get really hungry they will suck zoas off rocks. Ours live by themselves in our 30 gallon cryptic sump/refugium.
Cheers! Mark
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11/26/2017, 03:14 PM | #10 |
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Mine acquired a taste for snails.
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