Need a Starfish for my Harlequin Shrimp

[ameares8]

I bought a Green Brittle Starfish to feed to my Harlequin Shrimp the other day and learned a hard lesson. They will NOT eat them! I told the person at our LFS what I need the starfish for and they still sold it to me. I wanted to attempt the "sacraficial arm" method instead of giving them the whole chocolate chip star like I did last time. So she sold me the green star because they do not eat corals. Well, the dang shrimp are scared of the arm that I cut off 3 days ago to give to them, because it still moves around like it is possessed and it is loaded with spikes.

To get to the point:

1.) Does anyone have a starfish they want to get rid of or sell?

2.) Does anyone want/need a green brittle star to clean your tank, look at, or whatever it is that you may do with it?

It no longer serves a purpose in my tank and it now has one short arm. It is a decent size star also. Let me know. Thanks.

 

[Mikeyjer]

Somehow I was told not to get a green brittle starfish at one point. I don't remember why.....Lack of sleep and age is creeping up on me....lol I'll remember it later though.... Will they eat Astrea(sp?) stars????

 

[SteelAngel]

I have a lot of starfish that the shrimp will eat you just have to pick them off my tank.

 

[ameares8]

Mikey, you were told not to get one because they will arch thiere bodys under caves and trap fish. Google "Will green brittle stars eat my fish?" Also, you can see a video on You Tube.

Lol, I remember seeing all of those little white stars in the 180. I think you could feed Harlequins for years out of that tank!

I moved the green star into my sump for now. He was hanging out were my Mandarin Goby likes to hover (in a cave!). So I thought it best to nip that situation before I became extremly agitated.

 

[Mikeyjer]

Thank you for the refreshment of my memory....lol I've got a ton of those little stars if they will eat them?

 

[ameares8]

I think they may eat them. I need to do some more research to be sure.

 

[fallinapart]

They eat them, Wayne has had one of those harlequins for over 2 yrs with nothing but the little astrena stars to eat on, and I have had one for almost a year. "they like'em"

 

[ameares8]

Thanks Norman. With that being said, Mikey or Joy, I will be glad to take some of those stars off of your hands. I could trade you a frag of something for your troubles. Let me know, thanks.

 

[SteelAngel]

It wont be any trouble for me you come over and can have what you collect

 

[Nashvegas]

Do you think a harlequin would eat my serpent starfish if I got one...I have tons of those asterina stars as well so I could maintain a harlequin

 

[Mikeyjer]

It won't be any trouble here either. You collect what you want from my tank. I have finally caught them eating my zooanthids. For a long time I have never seen them do anything like that. But for awhile my zooanthids were thinning out and some died off. Now I know why. I have read about them doing so years back, but never actually caught them doing it until recently.

 

[Mikeyjer]

I can't keep harleguins in my tank cause of my other star fish. My HUGE brittle star and my Spotted Linkia Starfish. Otherwise I would to get rid of these little suckers.

 

[ameares8]

Nashvegas,
they prefer the fat stars that do not whip around thier legs (chocloate stars, linkia stars, etc). They are scared of them. My shrimp will run from a leg if I put it near them.

 

[ameares8]

Thanks guys, I will shoot you a PM later.