chocolate chip star specs

[invertaman]

so i have a 20 gallon tank with 3 damsels assored crabs and snails plus and anemone and briitle star. could i keep one and i heard you have to give them sime kind of sponge diet is this true?

 

[billsreef]

They don't need sponge, but do need some meat. Small pieces of shrimp, silversides, clams and mussels will do the trick. I'd feed them a small piece roughly twice a week.

 

[invertaman]

ok, but will they eat other inverts?

 

[billsreef]

They will eat anything that does not move out of their way. This includes things like corals and even some anemones.

 

[invertaman]

ok so no snails, shrimp, or crabs right?

 

[billsreef]

Shrimps and crabs are normally motile enough to be safe, so are find. Snails can end up on the menu, however.

 

[invertaman]

Ok i'll just have to find a big snail like a conch if it eats my others. willt hey eat algea?