Any clam safe starfish?

[spamin76]

I know that many sea stars are natural predators of clams. Are there any stars that are clam safe? I would like to get a star if I can be sure it will behave itself. Does anyone know of a species that will work? Or is this a pursuit best left unexplored?

 

[Reefcherie]

I have both Serpent starfish (Ophiomyxa species ) and Brittle starfish (Ophiothrix species) with no problems in a reef tank with clams for a couple of years. Neither of these types of starfish feed upon clams.

Cheri

 

[spamin76]

Will they eat fish?

 

[Reefcherie]

Will they eat fish?

They will definitely eat any fish that dies and therefore they sometimes get blamed for eating fish. That is a bum rap though. There is plenty of talk that the green serpent starfish (particularly a large one) will eat live fish. I have no experience on that one - I avoid buying the green ones.

Cheri

 

[Julio]

Linkias and Fromias are great with clams

 

[spamin76]

Cool, I love stars - the brittle stars are kind of creepy looking - in a cool way though(like xenia is creepy) - and wanted to try to put a few in - I knew some were natural clam eaters so wanted to make sure,

 

[spamin76]

How do those two work with fish? Will they prey upon small fish like perculas?

 

[Julio]

They would be fine with fish as well, the ones i would really be careful with are large brittle stars and other starfish that are predatory, what i do once a week is drop in a couple of pieces of silversides to feed the hermits and the stars eat the rest.