Starfish

[hunt]

Are there any starfish that i can put in a 29g reef tank?

 

[meowzer]

serpent or brittle.....I don't think I would attempt any other type
I have a very large brittle star in my 29g

 

[hunt]

What about a Harlequin Serpent

 

[meowzer]

Originally Posted by Hunt
http:///forum/post/3292334
What about a Harlequin Serpent
IDK.....the few serpents I looked up said min 10G tank

 

[hunt]

i dont think this will be something i need to oarder, if i come across it at my LFS for the right price ill prabably get it

 

[aquaknight]

Harlequin shrimp would work, but a 29gal, I wouldn't think, could support a whole starfish rotting away. You'd have to have a couple starfish in a separate tank, and cut and feed arms to the shrimp.

 

[hunt]

Originally Posted by AquaKnight
http:///forum/post/3292369
Harlequin shrimp would work, but a 29gal, I wouldn't think, could support a whole starfish rotting away. You'd have to have a couple starfish in a separate tank, and cut and feed arms to the shrimp.
harlequin serpent star, not shrimp

 

[aquaknight]

Originally Posted by Hunt
http:///forum/post/3292371
harlequin serpent star, not shrimp
Hmmm, well if you were thinking about a harlequin shrimp, there ya go....
Whoops... I saw Harlequin and 'S' and went into auto-response mode....

 

[smartorl]

Serpents would be my first thought, simply because they are eager feeders if acclimated properly. No matter how many years go by, I still crack up when the filters go off, all the arms that star waving blindly from the rocks. They look like convicts.
My experience with brittles is that they are a little more delicate.

 

[caz2022]

Im convinced my green serpent could survive a nuclear bomb.

 

[speg]

Originally Posted by smartorl
http:///forum/post/3292405
My experience with brittles is that they are a little more delicate.
Smaller brittles maybe..the bigger guys are troopers.
I have a really really really big brittle in my 12 gallon nano. He does such an amazing job in there.

 

[meowzer]

Originally Posted by Speg
http:///forum/post/3293058
Smaller brittles maybe..the bigger guys are troopers.
I have a really really really big brittle in my 12 gallon nano. He does such an amazing job in there.
I also have brittles....1 in the 29G, 1 in the 54G, and 2 in the 225G......the one in the 29G is the biggest though...LOL...for now anyways

 

[speg]

They're an amazing addition to the cleanup crew and probably do more work then any other animal I have. Any extra food is quickly picked up by the thing. I honestly wouldn't want to have a tank without a large brittle/serpent.

 

[meowzer]

I do have a serpent in my 225G also.....very rarely see it.....once in a while I see a tentacle...LOL...BUT if something (like a fish) dies and disappears.....I have no concerns over it being "taken care of"

 

[dc2mlbsm]

I too am looking for a starfish for my 20g and I want to know which is seen the most the brittle or the serpent?

 

[meowzer]

Originally Posted by dc2mlbsm
http:///forum/post/3293081
I too am looking for a starfish for my 20g and I want to know which is seen the most the brittle or the serpent?
if you mean ...seen by us.....I have to say the brittle.....I never see the serpent....as I said before....sometimes I see a leg....but the brittle arms will come out when I feed, and I use tongs and place a piece of scallop on an arm...and it will wrap around ity and take it in to its mouth

 

[speg]

Originally Posted by dc2mlbsm
http:///forum/post/3293081
I too am looking for a starfish for my 20g and I want to know which is seen the most the brittle or the serpent?
Both will probably try to hide from light but will usually come out during feeding time.
If I had to pick one that was most visible during the day--probably a serpent.

 

[dc2mlbsm]

hmmmm i guess they about the same...might end up going with whichever the lfs has lol