Will chocolate chip starfish eat cheato?

[mastawong]

I'm planning to put a choc chip starfish in my refugium to feed my harlequin, but will it eat my cheato?

 

[charlesr1958]

It would not eat the algae as a food source, but I have seen such starfish consume seagrass blades and other frondous algae and assume that the starfish is actualy after the invert life that has settled upon such surfaces.

Chuck

 

[K9Nurse911]

The chocolate chip starfish we have in our tank at work is a monster...eats almost everything it can...not sure about the chaeto though, as we don't have it in the main tank...

- Andrea

 

[snorvich]

Yes, they are monsters but will not eat algae that I know of. Best to keep them in a sump if you have one. Get a couple, cut the leg of one then feed the leg to your Harlequin. The starfish will regenerate.