05XRunner Posted April 6, 2007 Share Posted April 6, 2007 Picked up this little guy today. Now I just hope I can keep up with the starfish it needs. Link to comment
c_bass_12 Posted April 6, 2007 Share Posted April 6, 2007 Wow she's a beauty! What kind o' shrimp? (sorry, I'm new). Link to comment
05XRunner Posted April 6, 2007 Author Share Posted April 6, 2007 its a Harliquen Shrimp(spelling) aka Clown shrimp Link to comment
travisurfer Posted April 6, 2007 Share Posted April 6, 2007 wow, she is beautiful. are you planning on chopping some legs off at a time? i heard you can also freeze them. Link to comment
c_bass_12 Posted April 6, 2007 Share Posted April 6, 2007 Why would you chop off this shrimp's legs or freeze it? Link to comment
05XRunner Posted April 6, 2007 Author Share Posted April 6, 2007 guy I know has a 220g reef and has TONS of those little white astrina stars..I am gonna get a BUNCH of them and toss them in the tank. Why would you chop off this shrimp's legs or freeze it? LOL he ment the starfish..cause all they eat are the starfish feet Link to comment
modularduck Posted April 6, 2007 Share Posted April 6, 2007 THose are super cool! i just wish i had a good supply of astrina stars, the 4 or 5 i got wouldn't last long. very cool man. Link to comment
nanoreefbro Posted April 6, 2007 Share Posted April 6, 2007 Very nice 05.. I've got 4 myself.. 2 are a pair from Hawaii.. I usually feed mine every 2 weeks.. Link to comment
05XRunner Posted April 6, 2007 Author Share Posted April 6, 2007 Very nice 05.. I've got 4 myself.. 2 are a pair from Hawaii.. I usually feed mine every 2 weeks.. What kinda stars do u feed. Also you feed every 2weeks. As in they eat some and dont eat again for 2weeks. or the starfish will last 2weeks. Link to comment
m'akoyPINOY Posted April 6, 2007 Share Posted April 6, 2007 nice har.shrimp dood!how much they cost you? Link to comment
05XRunner Posted April 6, 2007 Author Share Posted April 6, 2007 it was listed for 36 but I got it for $25 Link to comment
wildernesstank Posted April 11, 2007 Share Posted April 11, 2007 wow that looks soooo cool i wont one in my AP12 Link to comment
fraggle rockette Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 saw one of these little guys at my lfs the other day- are they reef/fish safe? so pretty... Link to comment
05XRunner Posted April 24, 2007 Author Share Posted April 24, 2007 yea they are reef safe fish and coral..just cant have any starfish or it will eat it. thats its only food source. They are tough little buggers to. The other day i was looking in my tank and my emerald crab was by some rocks. The harliquen came leaping out of the rocks onto the crabs legs. I guess got to close to his starfish. The crab got scared and tried to run and the harlequin was pullin at him. My emerald crab is 3x the size to. Once the shrimp let go the crab took off...I thought it was funny as hell. Link to comment
fraggle rockette Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 so if i have an orange linkia then its a bad idea hrm... Link to comment
AaronJ Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 so if i have an orange linkia then its a bad idea hrm... Yup But IMO, these guys are wayyy cooler than Orange Linkias... your choice I had bunch of those little nuisance starfish in my old 55g a couple years ago. Threw one of these guys in my tank and he wiped them all out within a couple weeks. After that I would go buy Sand Sifting stars for 5 bucks at my LFS and feed him every 2-3 weeks. Its fun to watch them pounce on a star 5-6 times their size, flip it over, & then go to town. I hear that they do even better when you get them in pairs. Link to comment
this1fish Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 I saw one and it really tempted me as well. If you guys are getting good results by feeding once every few weeks, maybe i should consider one myself. Link to comment
05XRunner Posted April 25, 2007 Author Share Posted April 25, 2007 i bought mine about 3weeks ago and he is still on the same sand sifter star I got it. and there is a good bit left as well. I say 1 starfish a month is needed to buy maybe a little less Link to comment
t0mmyb0y Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 sweet lookin shrimp! will it eat any type of star or does it have a favorite? Link to comment
avalanche1201 Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 I saw one of these guys at the LFS and I wanted it so bad...is there anything else it will eat? if not...would it be a good idea for a 3gal? Id get some asterina stars for him so its not a huge pile of decaying star fish Link to comment
05XRunner Posted April 26, 2007 Author Share Posted April 26, 2007 will only eat starfish. I think it would do fine in a 3gal. Link to comment
avalanche1201 Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 awesome...there on the wishlist...cant wait for a job Link to comment
Pickle010 Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 They are cool.. My buddy has one at work... had a bunch of those little stars in his pico and got the harlequin. The Harlequin actually herds the stars and keeps them in one part of the tank and eats when he gets hungry. It's like he's a natural farmer and let's the stars grow/ reproduce to fit his needs. Pretty awesome looking shrimp and incredible to watch. Link to comment
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