3 invert questions
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Topic: 3 invert questions
Posted By: hydro phoenix
Subject: 3 invert questions
Date Posted: February 21 2014 at 2:07pm
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1. My RBTA, should I buy cooked shrimp or just raw shrimp to feed it? 2. Anyone have concerns about marbled sea stars? 3. I'd like to get a fire shrimp. Will it eat the sea star? ------------- recent absurdity..Unicorns have rabies |
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Posted By: DMower
Date Posted: February 21 2014 at 2:25pm
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1. Raw food. 2. I don't, the Fromia species are one of the better choices for reef safe sea stars. 3. No it won't. ------------- 150 gal reef with 50 gal sump. Reef Octopus DCS-200 Skimmer. AI Sol Blues. |
Posted By: Jeremyw
Date Posted: February 21 2014 at 2:40pm
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Yes No No J |
Posted By: Mike Savage
Date Posted: February 21 2014 at 2:55pm
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1. Raw food would be best 2. Marbled Sea Star is a good choice 3. The Fireshrimp (which is a type of cleaner shrimp) won't eat the sea star. -------------  |
Posted By: Adam Blundell
Date Posted: February 21 2014 at 3:32pm
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I wouldn't do the star. Adam ------------- Come to a meeting, they�re fun! |
Posted By: Mark Peterson
Date Posted: February 21 2014 at 6:52pm
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Agree. Reef safe Sea Stars die too young in our tanks. Did you see this recent thread? http://utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=69744" rel="nofollow - http://utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=69744 ------------- Reefkeeping Tips, & quick, easy setup tricks: www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9244 Pay it forward - become a paid WMAS member 
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Posted By: LakeCityReefs
Date Posted: February 21 2014 at 7:31pm
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I rarely feed my anemone. Every once in a while I will will slip it a raw silverside or give it a blast of brine, mysis, etc. I'm not too proud to post my own mistakes to help others learn. Last Friday I purchased a blue Linkia star because it was so cool looking. I read that it would attach to the rocks and glass and would hold its legs out in the current to catch food. I thought I would be ok to add this because I supplement my tank every 2 weeks with 2 bags of rotifers and some other micro bug to help feed everything. Anyways long story short, it died in 3 days. So I started reading more to try and figure out what went wrong. It turns out their diets are too hard to pinpoint and their life expectancy is not great in small setups. I'm done with sea stars. I hate killing stuff. And I've officially lost 3 critters in the last 4 weeks. My cleaner shrimp just wants to check out the fish and my peppermint shrimp just hides. I doubt either are too aggressive. These are my experiences, hope it helps. |
Posted By: Will Spencer
Date Posted: February 22 2014 at 3:13pm
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Buy raw shrimp, that way you can cook them however you like. Then plate up the shrimp for yourself and feed the anemone whatever you feed your fish. As for Starfish, my experience is much the same as LakeCityReefs. Even if they last longer than 3 months I've rarely seen one live past a year because they tend to starve. Fire Shrimp are awesome! Buy them raw and don't cook them. They look way better in the tank than on the plate. Seriously though, they are one of my favorite tank inhabitants. I'd have one myself if I didn't have a Hawkfish. |