brittle starfish problem

[joshik]

great "free" clean up crew!

 

[Angel*Fish]

The only thing i can say is they will breed themselves into death. They will only get to the point that they can sustain life.they wont over take your tank. so dont worry about them. Look at is a free life that helps maintain your tanks health. My 6line eats them. Its awsome. I have had a bloom and a half of them. but the 6 line is taking care of that problem.

And that's the problem with 6 line wrasses as I see it. They spend all their waking hours trying to deplete your tank of beneficial organisms.

 

[WXB]

The odd thing is no matter how many he eats there is 20 more sitting there. I have a good hundred or more. i look in there and every few inches there are like 7. I see it as free easy food.

 

[cassklar]

Thanks for all the post I guess I will just leave them alone

 

[wbdevers]

WAIT!!! You have to send me my ton of them first!!! :lol:!!!

 

[eja99]

This is the brittle star that you have to worry about

http://reefhobbyistmagazine.com/archives/vol_5/issue17/pages/32.htm

Yup and the last sentence answers the OP's question.

The big brittle stars are nasty. I had a medium green brittle in FOWLR back in the day. It began eating fish at an alarming rate. I had to take it back to the LFS before it was the only living tank inhabitant.

 

[bobbychullo]

LOL!!! I'll take 'em!!!

Jesse, not sure which movie your avatar is from but, "Doctor, doctor, doctor.....and doctor."

the avatar is fletch. your quote is spys like us

both fantastic movies i must say

 

[bobbychullo]

Thanks for all the post I guess I will just leave them alone

yes, leave your tank alone, with time and less human interference it should reach a balance.

 

[SNAKEMANVET]

Great little clean up crew,they are fun to watch when lights go out.just floating around the tank.

 

[kctango]

As you can see from the post you have what alot of people want, its like money in the bank.

 

[wbdevers]

Yeah I wasn't sure if it was "Spies Like Us" or "Fletch". Only seen Fletch a time or two, but Spies is one of my all time favorite--Hence the quote.

 

[bobbychullo]

fletch is right up there... chevy has made some great comedies...

caddyshack and modern problems are a couple other great ones...