Chocolate Chip Starfish

[heli-boy]

Has anyone ever had a Chocolate Chip Starfish an an have it go after Turbo Snail,Coral Banded Shrimp and Blueleg Hermit Crab? Thanks

 

[fishy125]

yes, mine ate every snail it came across

 

[lion_crazz]

Yep, mine used to eat snails if I went three or four days without feeding him.

 

[heli-boy]

Thanks!!! I have to get him out

 

[vampofvegas]

Originally Posted by Heli-Boy
http:///forum/post/2983872
Thanks!!! I have to get him out

This is why you read before you do in this hobby. Never listen to the store folk, they are just trying to make a sale.

 

[lion_crazz]

Yes, although, in many situations, it is also the ignorance of the store employee, instead of the self-interest for the sale. In the end, the consumer always needs to be educated, I agree.
If the store really wanted to make a "good sale," they could have taken Heli-Boy and said, "Well since you want a starfish, and chocolate chips are not reef safe, why not get a linckia/sand sifter/fromia/serpent?" The pet store would have just doubled to tripled their total revenue and got rid of an animal that they know should not be sitting around in their tanks for too long.

 

[joe____17]

I had one in a tank with an anemone, crabs, snails and whatnot, and he didnt bother a single one.

 

[steve2121]

ive had one for over a year. He hollowed out a tuxedo urchin i had. Thats all. Other than that he'll climb right over the snails, shrimps and crabs and leaves them alone.
Quick mover and seems to have a lot of personality. Hes seemed to have befriended my Singapore Angel. Everywhere the star goes, the angel follows him keeping guard but never picks at him. I throw a small frozen small shrimp or clam underneath him every few days to keep him happy.

 

[heli-boy]

Yea, I should have read before I got it. I asked, they(the store) said "fine" -I wasn't to sure and then I told them what I had ("Its fine get it") and not using my better judgment...