star fish q?

herp

New Member
was sup guys, i was up last night watching some tv show on seastars. i don't have a sw tank set up right now but i am planning doing so soon. anyways, they were showing seastars feeing on snails, maybe shrimps, etc. i was just wondering if you have like maybe snails or shriimp in your tank, and they happen to come across it, would they make a meal out of that? thanks
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logan15

Active Member
maybe but probly not if you have the herbivores the carnivorus ones could thats why they're for a fish only tank and even then they prob wouldnt if you kept them feed. and the linkia's serpents and sand sifters wouldnt
Hope This Helps,
Logan
 

ophiura

Active Member
The non reef safe species, such as chocolate chips, bahama, general and red africans...for example...would, though shrimp are somewhat less common meals than a snail would be. For brittlestars and serpenstars (which are the same animal), they may or may not eat snails and shrimp. Reef safe stars like Linckia are not likely to, unless the snail is dead or dying. However, these stars are very specialized, and all need very specific tank conditions. No star should be kept in a tank less than 6 months old, at least, IMO. Reef safe stars like Linckia really do not do well in tanks under 55g, as an example, and this is only for some of the 'toughest' of these stars. So there is a lot of reading and research to do down the road to find the star best suited for the system you end up with.
 
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