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12-11-2008, 10:46 PM
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| Krankenschwester   | starfish question Will my serpent stars eat peppermint shrimp? I had 5 shrimp, and now have none, do you think they are them? Thanks
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12-11-2008, 11:07 PM
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| Star Polyps  | Re: starfish question depending on the size of the serpents, sometimes ive had problems with them eating small fish/shrimp when the BODY itself is a little bigger then a quarter they arch up at night (kinda standing up with tenticals holding him up all around) and what ever swims through there he will drop on it and its fair game from then on. if their bigger then a quarter i would ask my LFS to trade them in for smaller ones.
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12-12-2008, 12:18 AM
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| Tridacna maxima  | Re: starfish question It certainly could be them. They are opportunistic carnivores and will eat anything they can catch, even sleeping fish. Granted, the greens are much more aggressive, but my small (now large) banded serpent stars have been banished to the refugium for misbehaving...ie: eating Bob's the cardinal fish's tail and eating an entire goby.
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12-12-2008, 08:39 AM
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| Do I look as lost as I am   | Re: starfish question Quote:
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