Let's talk about Harlequin shrimp

tent boy said:
Just read the whole thread. Very interesting. Any problems with blood shrimps or coral banded shrimp?
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They're definitely interesting shrimp, for sure. I've never had any problems compatibility-wise with Blood (or Fire) shrimp. CBS's have the tendency to get quite aggressive, especially with other shrimp, so I wouldn't combine the two.
 
Have been reading throug this thread just for fun I dont have a harliqin or do I ever plan on having one but in reading I was wondering if you guys would ever be interested in buying these little stars that grow on the glass I think you call them Astrenias or something like that. I used to have tons in my 90. I now only have a 34 Solana so not that many anymore but if you were interested you should put a thread up in the want to buy section for people like me who never knew there was a market for them. I used to pull hundreds out of my 90 every week during water changes. I eventually started feeding them to the Anenome...and yes it ate them although not with the vigor it ate fish.

On a side note I now know why I cant get any coraline algea I didnt know they ate coraline.:worried:
 
I've seen them donated before, but IME when people ask for money for them it typically doesn't go over too well.
 
E.intheC said:
I've seen them donated before, but IME when people ask for money for them it typically doesn't go over too well.
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Yea I meant something like cover shipping not actually pay a price per star. Sorry if I sounded like I was trying to make a buck that wasnt my intention.
 
I just got 2 shrimps for my 150G about 4 days ago... are these guy very shy? The male is hiding in a tunnel (Thank god I can still see him tho =)) and the female disappeared inside my rock and havent seen her since I put her in.

And is it pretty hard for these guys to pair up? they weren't a pair when I got them, but I can tell it's a female / male
 
they pair up pretty easy unless the female is much larger than the male. also they are sky at first but should come out more over time
 
I have to agree on being shy. I have had my pair of hawaiian's now about 3 weeks and they don't come out much. I have been feeding them cc arms about every 4 days and they consume the entire arm in less than a day. I also have a serpent star and they don't touch it. I actually saw my male standing on the star and got scared but the star just moved and so did the harley. I hope they do warm up and come out more because they are kind of dissapointing at the moment but yes they are gorgeous. I also want a Melanurus wrasse but am concerned they will get consumed along with my cleaner and blood shrimp pairs!
 
They are especially shy when there is a lot of activity going on.. Mine didn't like it when my fish zoomed around the tank.

Man, this is making me want to setup another tank for them! :lol:
 
Hmm i see both the harleys eating now, but still havent paired up. I cut the legs off of the chocolate starfish and feed it to them.... Do I have to worry about those little ball from the starfish fouling up the tank? Or does something eat them..?

asking this cause I think it'd be kinda hard to remove it.... my shrimps dragged the leg and eating inside the rockwork
 
I hear alot of people recommend using chocolate chip star fish as a means of constant food. Keep a few, cut their legs off, starfish grows new leg. However, I haven't heard a time frame for which this occurs? Do they get new legs quickly?

Who has successfully performed this means of keeping food? Also, are your chocolates in a tank of their own or just the sump? Obviously they're not in the tank with the shrimp.
 
Hi and before I say anything I think this thread is crazy :) (in a good way). So I have thousands of these 1 centimeter wide starfish I have no idea what they are called so I can not tell if they have been talked about in this thread, will they eat them or not. The only description I can give is they are tan and have brown stripes on their under side. Thanks :)
 
L98-Z said:
I hear alot of people recommend using chocolate chip star fish as a means of constant food. Keep a few, cut their legs off, starfish grows new leg. However, I haven't heard a time frame for which this occurs? Do they get new legs quickly?

Who has successfully performed this means of keeping food? Also, are your chocolates in a tank of their own or just the sump? Obviously they're not in the tank with the shrimp.
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I would say no they don't grow legs quickly! I think compared to other starfish they are fast but still not super fast. I have a pair of harlequins and they eat a whole leg in a day. I would have to think I would need almost 30 chocolate chips to be able to rotate by the time the first one grows it's leg back. I feed once a week by the way. I have heard of it being done but I don't have room for than many cc stars and I keep mine in my sump as cc stars will eat corals. Not reef safe at all! And not harlequin safe lol
 
Trex22seg said:
Hi and before I say anything I think this thread is crazy :) (in a good way). So I have thousands of these 1 centimeter wide starfish I have no idea what they are called so I can not tell if they have been talked about in this thread, will they eat them or not. The only description I can give is they are tan and have brown stripes on their under side. Thanks :)
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As long as they are not brittle or serpent stars they will get consumed by harlequins if it's a starfish. Do they look anything like this? http://www.google.com/m/search?oe=U...i=-qVcTdCXJ5KOqAOcva7_Ag&ved=0CBIQ7AkwAA#i=14

So my guess would be asterina stars but hard to say without pics
 
Bigjohnwoody said:
I would say no they don't grow legs quickly! I think compared to other starfish they are fast but still not super fast. I have a pair of harlequins and they eat a whole leg in a day. I would have to think I would need almost 30 chocolate chips to be able to rotate by the time the first one grows it's leg back. I feed once a week by the way. I have heard of it being done but I don't have room for than many cc stars and I keep mine in my sump as cc stars will eat corals. Not reef safe at all! And not harlequin safe lol
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You're feeding 1 leg once a week? Or 1 starfish per week?
 
^ Do you guys remove the remaining of the leg after the shrimp is done w/ it?

I think I got 2 harlequin shrimps... that hate starfish! Or just the nicest Harley ever

I have a Fromia Starfish in there... been 2 weeks and shrimps hasnt even touched it. I toss a whole chocolate starfish right in front of them.... The shrimp just walk away after a while.

I try feeding 1 leg, 1 of the shrimp grab it and ate for like a day then just abandon the leg... Is this normal???
 
Has anybody kept these shrimp with any larger tangs I really want a pair but want to make sure so they don't become a snack thanks

P.s great thread by the way awesome info
 
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