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 Oct 10 2009, 09:38 PM
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 HeyLookItsBanned  Posts: 2,634 Joined: 22-July 07 From: Southern California Member No.: 29,862  |
i have had my bc29 for over 2 years now, and when i was visting a LFS about a year ago i bought a brittle star that was on the verge of death....i decided to buy him half price and save him.it was a black one and looked like this...
 in this last year i have lost a 6 line wrasse and 2 clowns for no reason. eating, hosting, doing clownish things. they keep disappearing, and one time i caught a clown in his arms, but im not sure if he was the killer or just the garbage man. also i added a bi color angel about 5 months ago and thought maybe he might bew the bully? but my latest death (my 2 year old clown) was much larger and more territorial in the tank. im not gonna buy any more fish cuz i am tired of throwing my money into a pit. could this starfish (who is almost the circumfrence fo a grapefruit extended now) be killing my fish? should i remove it cuz its so large? -------------------- 29G BioCube
12" CurrentUSA LED Retro-fit build 22 Acrylic Mantis Tank *dismantled* Caps JBJ 3gal Pico! We are what we Repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a Habit. -Aristotle The future depends on what we do in the present. - Mahatma Gandhi |
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Oct 10 2009, 09:43 PM
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 Teen Reefers Suck Posts: 4,281 Joined: 13-August 09 From: banned <3 adin Member No.: 46,523 |
It definitely could, I don't think they are reef safe. I think I remember Kraylen had one in his tank that owned the slow fish.
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Oct 10 2009, 09:44 PM
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 Jacob, the Teen Reefer Posts: 9,529 Joined: 13-April 09 From: Yakima, Washington. The internet, you know a series of tubes and what not. Member No.: 44,047 |
Ya I have one in my tank, it eats the weak.
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Oct 10 2009, 09:49 PM
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Teen Reefers Suck Posts: 4,281 Joined: 13-August 09 From: banned <3 adin Member No.: 46,523 |
QUOTE (Jacobnano @ Oct 10 2009, 09:44 PM) Ya I have one in my tank, it eats the weak. SWEET! I want one! -------------------- CLICK ME QUOTE (reeftankguy @ Jul 5 2010, 12:05 PM) I just sold some Noob 25 yellow polyps for $100 :ninja: |
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Oct 10 2009, 09:52 PM
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HeyLookItsBanned Posts: 2,634 Joined: 22-July 07 From: Southern California Member No.: 29,862 |
but will it actually grab a fish swimming by? or will it only take em out if theyre goners?
-------------------- 29G BioCube
12" CurrentUSA LED Retro-fit build 22 Acrylic Mantis Tank *dismantled* Caps JBJ 3gal Pico! We are what we Repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a Habit. -Aristotle The future depends on what we do in the present. - Mahatma Gandhi |
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Oct 10 2009, 09:55 PM
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Teen Reefers Suck Posts: 4,281 Joined: 13-August 09 From: banned <3 adin Member No.: 46,523 |
The non-reef safe ones enjoy perching up high and waiting for a fish to swim under. Then it drops down and then... SNACK ATTACK!
This post has been edited by Nemo_Niblets: Oct 10 2009, 09:55 PM -------------------- CLICK ME QUOTE (reeftankguy @ Jul 5 2010, 12:05 PM) I just sold some Noob 25 yellow polyps for $100 :ninja: |
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Oct 10 2009, 10:00 PM
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 Nano Reefer Posts: 279 Joined: 13-June 09 From: Eugene, Oregon Member No.: 45,259 |
This also happened in my tank, when I had to tear down my system to upgrade the brittle star didn't make the move. They are wicked
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Oct 10 2009, 10:06 PM
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 Nano Reefer Posts: 2,224 Joined: 7-July 07 From: Orlando, Florida Member No.: 29,509 |
A lot of people consider brittle stars to be effectively the same as serpent stars.....BIG mistake....Brittle stars are highly predatory when they start getting big.....
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Oct 10 2009, 10:08 PM
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 Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway. Posts: 3,393 Joined: 4-March 08 From: Roseville,CA Member No.: 35,053 |
^^^^^Very well Said these guys when they get larger then about 10" across or so can becoem fish killers weather the fish is sick or not
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Oct 10 2009, 10:13 PM
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HeyLookItsBanned Posts: 2,634 Joined: 22-July 07 From: Southern California Member No.: 29,862 |
so i should probably attempt to remove him huh....
-------------------- 29G BioCube
12" CurrentUSA LED Retro-fit build 22 Acrylic Mantis Tank *dismantled* Caps JBJ 3gal Pico! We are what we Repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a Habit. -Aristotle The future depends on what we do in the present. - Mahatma Gandhi |
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Oct 10 2009, 10:54 PM
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HeyLookItsBanned Posts: 2,634 Joined: 22-July 07 From: Southern California Member No.: 29,862 |
how do i get him out?
 i dont think a bottle trap will work. -------------------- 29G BioCube
12" CurrentUSA LED Retro-fit build 22 Acrylic Mantis Tank *dismantled* Caps JBJ 3gal Pico! We are what we Repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a Habit. -Aristotle The future depends on what we do in the present. - Mahatma Gandhi |
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Oct 11 2009, 01:14 AM
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HeyLookItsBanned Posts: 2,634 Joined: 22-July 07 From: Southern California Member No.: 29,862 |
turns out removing a starfish is as easy as grabbing his leg with your hand and waiting til it gives up....into chamber one you go sir!
-------------------- 29G BioCube
12" CurrentUSA LED Retro-fit build 22 Acrylic Mantis Tank *dismantled* Caps JBJ 3gal Pico! We are what we Repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a Habit. -Aristotle The future depends on what we do in the present. - Mahatma Gandhi |
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