JC VT Posted August 11, 2003 Share Posted August 11, 2003 Hey guys, I fell in love with one of these several years ago when I saw one at my LFS. I was wondering if I could keep a star or two in my fuge and cut a leg off once in a while and feed it to the harlequin? Wouldn't the leg regenerate? I hear they only need one or two starfish a month... what are cheap methods to sustain these? Thanks! JC Link to comment
jdsabin1 Posted August 12, 2003 Share Posted August 12, 2003 If you have the stomach to hack a leg off it *may* work (I just can't do it). My pair of harlequins eat a cc star every other week or so and my lfs only charges me $6 per star so all in all it's not a bad deal. HTH! Link to comment
JC VT Posted August 12, 2003 Author Share Posted August 12, 2003 What exactly are CC starfish? Are they these : http://www.garf.org/STAR/starfish.html ? Thanks again, JC Link to comment
jdsabin1 Posted August 12, 2003 Share Posted August 12, 2003 No, cc starfish stand for Chocolate Chip starfish which are a pretty standard fare of starfish usually found at your lfs. HTH! Link to comment
kennerd Posted September 3, 2003 Share Posted September 3, 2003 Be advised that the stars don't regenerate that quickly. They need to be fed if you keep them in your fuge, too. Otherwise they waste away. They are also not reef safe, so fuge is your onlychoice for holding them. They are scavengers, and are not algea eaters. Link to comment
abarnswell Posted September 8, 2003 Share Posted September 8, 2003 Oh, you guys!!!! What about the poor little star fish??? I just can't feed anything to anything. April Link to comment
kennerd Posted September 8, 2003 Share Posted September 8, 2003 Welcome, April: Get used to it! If nothing else, you'll be feeding little dead presidents to a voracious block of water in no time. Nature is nature, and thankfully there are peple asking around places like Nano-Reef for this sort of information, rather than bringing it home after the LFS guy wsays "It eats flake food" and watching the poor little bugger waste away. Besides, they are really cool looking little animals, provided you can afford to tak Link to comment
R*Frost* Posted September 8, 2003 Share Posted September 8, 2003 wow man dunno how you can be so cruel. I couldnt do that even if it looked pretty Link to comment
kennerd Posted September 8, 2003 Share Posted September 8, 2003 So I guess all those little frozen mysid, brine shrimp, krill and such that make up your fish food aren't on the same level as a starfish? Honestly, it's a matter of supplying the proper diet for the specimen, and then actually paying for it. I'm fine with it. They keep my big tank free of asterioides stars, too. Link to comment
R*Frost* Posted September 8, 2003 Share Posted September 8, 2003 sry man no disrespect i rushed that reply. Thinking about i could feed it a whole star if i loved it a lot. no hard feelings P.S has your shrimp got a name? Link to comment
Fant Posted September 26, 2003 Share Posted September 26, 2003 those shrimp are badass.. The only crustaceans worth putting in your tank.. Awesome shrimp for those who have em Link to comment
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