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01-10-2012, 03:17 AM
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Harlequin Shrimp Question
First off this is not the first time i've owned a harlequin shrimp, had one a few years ago and lost it when I added my MP40s. So I picked up 2 more last week. I also picked up a sand sifting starfish and froze it. Well the two shrimp I got wont eat the leg that I cut off. Twice now. Should I try a different flavour of starfish or not worry about it? There is a chocolate chip starfish at my LFS. I know there's at couple of you on here that have them. I have seen the odd asterina in my tank but not enough to keep these two alive. And pretty sure they dont eat brittle stars which I have alot of.
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01-10-2012, 04:32 AM
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This is how I fed my last one and was recommended to do it that way. Strange as this sounds and never heard of this but my CBB seems to have taken a liking to sand sifting starfish and ate the last one that I put in that was live. And no I'm not assuming that, I watched it happen
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01-10-2012, 05:26 AM
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Wow! Very strange for a CBB to do that, but who knows what transpires on the reef in nature!? Maybe just doesn't happen our aquariums very often.
Maybe they're just being fussy in the beginning, in the wild they probably don't get frozen sea star arms too often. 
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01-10-2012, 07:23 AM
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the way i have heard of feeding is to keep a couple stars in a seperate display tank and cycle taking legs from each star. then the legs have time to grow back. i thought it was you that was doing this before tho.
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01-10-2012, 12:22 PM
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its impossible to do. It takes months for the starfish to recover and there is never enough food in a sump for the sucker to survive anyways. I just buy a chocolate chip starfish (smallest one i can find) and give that to my guy. It takes him a bit to finish it. I probably feed him once a month to every 5 weeks. keep an eye on the chocolate chip stars for they are not reefsafe, though once the harley gets him its game over 
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