what to feed small spearer

PeteK

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I just bought a small spearer that had come in on some Caribbean live rock. It's about 1.5 inches long and the body is a light rust color. The limbs have blue hairs around them.
I would like to know what i could feed this little guy. The guppies and small mollies that my ciliata take are too big for this one. Would small spearers scavenge small pieces of clam, squid and smelt (what i give to my scyllarus)? What do you other owners of small spearers feed them?
-Pete Kakouris
 
I'm having a hard time figuring out what this species might be. The only Caribbean spearers that typically show up in live rock are Pseudosquilla and Meiosquilla, The color doesn't seem right for Meiosquilla since they are typically cream colored - occasionally with some brown or rust colored pigment on them. If we assume that this is a Meiosquilla, it should eat bits and pieces of just about any soft food. I have had good luck with large brine shrimp or some of the red shrimp that come out of Hawaii.

Roy
 
I think that we should insist on a picture of the little guy! That way, Dr Roy gets to quench his thirst for knowledge and the rest of us can enjoy a look at another shrimp.

S !
 
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