choc chip star

[Itz Irish]

i recently got some new zoas and this morning i found my choc chip on them. and some of the zoas seemed to be like disintegrated. do choc chips eat corals? i know they eat everything else that moves but i figured corals might be ok...

 

[Tangwich]

sorry to hear your misfortune, but yes...Chocolate Chip sea stars eat corals..a wide variety of them...Get it out quick before you are left with a FOWLR tank. I made the same mistake but luckily the star stayed on the glass the entire time before I found out that they can destroy a reef and took it back to my LFS. Good luck

 

[Itz Irish]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12918677#post12918677 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Tangwich
sorry to hear your misfortune, but yes...Chocolate Chip sea stars eat corals..a wide variety of them...Get it out quick before you are left with a FOWLR tank. I made the same mistake but luckily the star stayed on the glass the entire time before I found out that they can destroy a reef and took it back to my LFS. Good luck

thanks for the reply so quickly! i just took it out of my reef and put it in my FOWLR until i take it back to the LFS. luckily he only got a few.thanks again tangwich!

 

[Moonstream]

why not just leave it in the FOWLER? it will help the CUC and they look pretty cool...

 

[Tangwich]

No problem Itz Irish, I've been helped plenty a time and that's what makes this forum website so great. I would go along with what Moonstream advised. As long as you don't have Harlequin shrimps in your FOWLR tank, it should be great there.

 

[lth03]

Harlequin shrimp not only eat chocolate chip star but will eat most other star fish in the tank.
I don't think you can put that shrimp in FOWLR tank right?The fish will ir before it can get to the star fish.

 

[Moonstream]

lth03, there are many, many kinds of FOWLER tanks, not just aggressive ones, many have reef fish in them, but their owners dont have the time/ money/ whatever for a reeftank, or sometimes just dont want a reef. in an aggressive tank, a harlequen shrimp would probably be eaten quickely, but in a FOWLER fill with reef fish, they would do fine (as long as salinity was kept high enough). this goes for most shrimp.

also, I believe that harlequens tend to leave serpent and bristle stars alone because their tendancy to move quickly startles the shrimp.