Chocolate chip star

[DetectiveTofu]

I am looking for peoples experiences or knowledge about chocolate chip stars.

1. What do they eat?
2. How should I go about feeding them?
3. Some can get of decent size...will the knock over any LR?
4. There is some Aiptasia in my tank...will this be a problem with the choco chip star?
5. Will there be any problems between the starfish and 2 A. Ocellaris,1 firefish (Nemateleotris Magnifica), a couple red legged hermit crabs, some astreas snails, some Nassarius snails, and one Royal Gramma?


thanks in advance

cheers,
Anthony

 

[FOSELONE]

THEY EAT CORAL...

 

[DetectiveTofu]

but as you can see at the bottom of my post, I have a fowlr...

 

[650-IS350]

They're predators...either coral and most likely sesile inverts or sleeping fish they can catch??? Most people used them a food cows for Harlequins....

 

[DetectiveTofu]

I didn't know they could target sleeping fish. That stinks. I figure if I keep the starfish well fed, it should curb any feeding frenzys if might decide to go on.

 

[Aquarist007]

brittle stars are much easier to manage--they feed on garbage and left overs--don't bother anything
For more information on starts--go to my website and look under inverterates--lots of links there:
www.yags.net

 

[650-IS350]

I have a bunch of mini brittle stars and serpent stars... Just make sure you don't make the mistake of getting " GREEN DEATH ".... they are worse than CC Stars

 

[DetectiveTofu]

i heard brittle stars and serpent stars can catch fish and eat them

fact or fiction?

 

[Mr. Ugly]

The green ones do.

 

[650-IS350]

Thats why there called green death... they cave hunt at night and drop of sleeping fish... I believe some get to 16" or so... please correct me if Im wrong here Norman

 

[Mr. Ugly]

I've seen some about that size. I have a brittle star that's at least that big.

A few years ago, Juan at Amazon told me about his fish(es) that disappeared due to a green serpent star pulling that cave trick.

 

[650-IS350]

They have video's of it on the net... its crazy...