Harlequins in a pico?

[harleychic]

Hello fellow invertphiles!

I posted this in the nano forum as well, but thought I might find people with some real exp. with them here.

My concern is the water pollution from a dying star. I know sometimes you can find a pair that will eat frozen legs.

Any thoughts/experience?

 

[charlesr1958]

I keep two mated pairs, both in their own little tanks, one holds maybe a gallon of water while the other about half a gallon. To avoid water quality issues, I do not feed them an entire starfish unless the starfish is no more than about an inch across. If I do not have such sized starfish available, I will cut an inch long piece off of one of my linkia stars arms and feed that to them. By keeping the meals somewhat small, the shrimp are able to eat it all before anything can really start to decay. I also perform quite frequent water changes using my reef tank as a water source so as not to shock the shrimp with "new" water.

Chuck

 

[harleychic]

Thanks charlesr1958 I think I might give it a try!
(must be rough living in the Phillipines, I figure I'll be around 186 yrs. old by the time I can retire! lol)