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Offline Wall_Tank

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Harlequin Shrimp Feeding
« on: December 30, 2014, 09:05:19 »
My Harlequin was hungry, so I picked up some new starfish for him........here is the battle.   This starfish was strong, this battle lasted almost 6 hours, the bare bottom tank helped his cause, but in the end the shrimp still won.


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Re: Harlequin Shrimp Feeding
« Reply #1 on: December 30, 2014, 10:19:42 »
That was neat to watch. How often do you have to feed it a star?

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Re: Harlequin Shrimp Feeding
« Reply #2 on: December 30, 2014, 12:53:37 »
Haven't quite figured it out yet.  Right now about 1 a month, but I feed asterina stars in between.   I've heard that some will remove a leg and let the starfish go, where mine will sit on the star until I remove it, or it's completely eaten......so I'm wondering if mine is a bit underfed right now.

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Re: Harlequin Shrimp Feeding
« Reply #3 on: December 30, 2014, 15:10:11 »
Thanks for sharing ! That was neat to see .

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Re: Harlequin Shrimp Feeding
« Reply #4 on: January 01, 2015, 11:43:12 »
Neat,  i cut a leg off a starfish amd put the rest in the sump.  I have found if you give them a whoke starfish they will eat most of it but leave the rest to rot in the tank somewhere that you cannot get to.  We have had ours about a year and a half

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Re: Harlequin Shrimp Feeding
« Reply #5 on: January 01, 2015, 13:12:36 »
I do normally pull the starfish out after he eats a leg or two.   Maybe mine is a bit starved, as he finishes the entire thing.   The only thing I find is the calcium based knobs.


 

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