Any drawbacks to a Harlequin Shrimp in a reef?

[hairtrigger]

Self explanatory. See above.

 

[slothy]

none i found , other than its diet..... which im sure your quite aware of.. starfish
just picked this one up

 

[hairtrigger]

actually, no, I didn't know they feed on starfish. I just saw your pic of one and was interested. I dont have too much time to get research done at work so I thought a thread would send me on my way.
Does it only eat starfish? In other words... it won't feed off detritus like other shrimp?
Is that the only complication?

 

[xxvietxjustinxx]

heh that looks cool..

 

[slothy]

ya, only eats starfish (linkia) but ophria said something about those lil dime sized one (forgot the name) i have about 20 in my tank, ill see how that goes.. other wise its linkia for dinner

 

[hairtrigger]

Man, see, that seems like a problem in my tank. Since it is rather large, target feeding one starfish seems difficult. What do you do, just let one loose and let the harlequin hunt it? Because, I am worried about the starfish and the harlequin never meeting in my tank... and the starfish doing damage.

 

[slothy]

thanks sammy, for every 1 nice photo, i prob take 10000 bad ones lol

 

[hairtrigger]

Tempting, but I might have to refrain. Are they prominent in the tank, or do they hide all the time?

 

[foulbrew]

If they can hide they will... until night.

 

[hairtrigger]

Ugh. Forget em for now. I need other things first.

 

[richard rendos]

I fed mine chocolate chip stars for the 3 years I had it. He knew exactly when the star hit the water and would immediately start searching for it.