🍔👍sea serpant/brittle star attack trigger👍🍔

Dmdxm12 · 05/01/2012, 07:42 PM

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.

tomaquar · 05/01/2012, 08:30 PM

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.

f3honda4me · 05/01/2012, 09:03 PM

brittle stars are detrivores and will not attack fish.

serpent stars on the other hand...

Dr Colliebreath · 05/02/2012, 08:51 AM

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.

BigCountry74 · 05/02/2012, 10:06 AM

never heard or read of a serpent killing a trigger or puffer. I think you would be fine.

billdogg · 05/02/2012, 10:10 AM

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Originally Posted by f3honda4me

brittle stars are detrivores and will not attack fish.

serpent stars on the other hand...

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

goldmaniac · 05/02/2012, 10:58 AM

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Originally Posted by billdogg

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

+1. I had a green brittle star that grew to 18" that taught me that they DO eat fish. He ate 2 clownfish, a rainford's goby, purple firefish, and a flame hawk before I figured out who was doing it.

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.

snorvich · 05/02/2012, 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by goldmaniac

+1. I had a green brittle star that grew to 18" that taught me that they DO eat fish. He ate 2 clownfish, a rainford's goby, purple firefish, and a flame hawk before I figured out who was doing it.

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.

Well I do not trust green brittle stars but I do not remember if I had a bad experience with them; it has been many, many years ago.

05/01/2012, 07:42 PM	#1
Dmdxm12 Registered Member Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 2	🍔👍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.

05/02/2012, 08:51 AM	#4
Dr Colliebreath Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: DC Vicinity Posts: 1,813	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. __________________ Frank Current Tank Info: 110 Oceanic RR w/35 gal sump and SRO XP2000 int

05/02/2012, 10:06 AM	#5
BigCountry74 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 1,761	never heard or read of a serpent killing a trigger or puffer. I think you would be fine. __________________ 135g mixed reef (retired) http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2132815 Current 40g reef http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2483250 Current Tank Info: 40g bare bottom reef

05/01/2012, 08:30 PM	#2
tomaquar Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 140	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.

05/01/2012, 09:03 PM	#3
f3honda4me Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 1,218	brittle stars are detrivores and will not attack fish. serpent stars on the other hand...