chocolate chip star "vs" turbo snail

[WALKINGTHUNDER]

I just had a turbo snail die. I wanted to keep the shell but the snail had pulled his littel door like shell closed and I could noy get it open with out breaking the shell. So I left him in the tank till I could find somthing to get him out. Well today I see my chocolate chip star covering the snail when I moved the star I noticed he pulled the dead snail out and was eating it. Well that made my job easer. Has any one heard of this happening, and if so do i need to worry about him eating my other snails. Just so people know I have had my tank going about 6 month the snails and starfish have lived together for about 4 never brothering each other.

 

[ophiuroid]

Chocolate chip stars are predatory and will eat snails, clams, scallops, sponges and many other slow moving or sessile animals. This makes them easy to spot feed (which I strongly recommend) but otherwise this is normal and expected....snails alive or dead.

 

[firefishbrain]

I think like stated above that they eat sessile inverts, this includes coral, so you better make sure he gets fed well before it turns on you.