uwscotch
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I purchased a pair of Twin spotted Gobies on Saturday and fell in love with them. They hung out together, sifted the sand together, built a home together and they were my newest friends.
Then, last night, Sunday night 2 hours after the lights went out (I have breeding clownfish and I was waiting for my larvae to hatch, day 9) I watched my brittle star ever so predatory go by the gobies. It slowly wrapped its arms around the fish and the rock it was next to. And then it happened Its central disc slammed down onto the fish and rolled up in a ball. I immediately ripped the canopy off of my tank and dove my arm in to get that starfish. Fortunately it let go of the fish back grabbed a hold of the rock structure. I could not remove him without collapsing my infrastructure so I let it go. I then went to the freezer and got him a bunch of frozen krill to coax him out and also to fill his belly. However, it was a clever one. He only reaced out two arms to grab the food and held on firmly to the rocks. So I thought he would be full and happy and leave the fish alone until i could put him in jail. (The sump). I woke up this morning and Yes, They were gone. My two new friends ($40 for the pair) were gone and my starfish was surprisingly large looking. It was so traumatic. I want to punish it out of principle by I am restraining myself. Anyone want a Green Brittle star, it is very pretty and large !
Then, last night, Sunday night 2 hours after the lights went out (I have breeding clownfish and I was waiting for my larvae to hatch, day 9) I watched my brittle star ever so predatory go by the gobies. It slowly wrapped its arms around the fish and the rock it was next to. And then it happened Its central disc slammed down onto the fish and rolled up in a ball. I immediately ripped the canopy off of my tank and dove my arm in to get that starfish. Fortunately it let go of the fish back grabbed a hold of the rock structure. I could not remove him without collapsing my infrastructure so I let it go. I then went to the freezer and got him a bunch of frozen krill to coax him out and also to fill his belly. However, it was a clever one. He only reaced out two arms to grab the food and held on firmly to the rocks. So I thought he would be full and happy and leave the fish alone until i could put him in jail. (The sump). I woke up this morning and Yes, They were gone. My two new friends ($40 for the pair) were gone and my starfish was surprisingly large looking. It was so traumatic. I want to punish it out of principle by I am restraining myself. Anyone want a Green Brittle star, it is very pretty and large !
