loodachris
Member
Has anyone heard of or seen a Choc. Chip Star kill a large L.T.A.??? All i know is that my LTA is dead and the Star was laying right next to it stunned for a while. The LTA was torn to shreds. Can anyone explain this??
I think my Star killed my Anenome??
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sankysyuck
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I'm not sure, but I know that Choc. Chip starfish are not reef safe. It's possible that it died and then the sea star tried to get some food out of it.
ophiura
Active Member
It is definitely a possibility - probably a part of the normal diet.
HOWEVER, as anemones have special needs, I would not say that it killed a healthy anemone. It may have taken advantage of a dying one, in which case it is the hero (dead anemones do little for water quality).
However, being "torn apart" does not sound like a seastar. It would be on top, and digests the food by dissolving it. So it doesn't sound like the chocolate chip killed it, but may have been attracted to the smell of it once dead.
How often do you feed your chocolate chip?
How long have you had the anemone, and what lights do you have?
HOWEVER, as anemones have special needs, I would not say that it killed a healthy anemone. It may have taken advantage of a dying one, in which case it is the hero (dead anemones do little for water quality).
However, being "torn apart" does not sound like a seastar. It would be on top, and digests the food by dissolving it. So it doesn't sound like the chocolate chip killed it, but may have been attracted to the smell of it once dead.
How often do you feed your chocolate chip?
How long have you had the anemone, and what lights do you have?
T
thomas712
Guest
I wonder if this might have been a case where you fed the LTA and then a hungry CC star came along to try to steal the food given to the LTA and well then the LTA became a meal in itself.
What say there Susan? possible?
Thomas
What say there Susan? possible?
Thomas