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Jerrick 
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 Topic: clown killing Starfish!!!
Posted: July 19 2011 at 12:59pm |
THAT'S RIGHT!
Has anyone ever had a brittle starfish catch and kill a clown fish???
My clown fish is gone and the body of my starfish is HUGE!!! So that is the only thing I can think of that happened.....not in overflow, nowhere around tank on floor!!!!
Wow I did not think that would ever happen 
Anyone in Logan area have a clown for sale......I will be moving the brittle to another tank!!!
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Posted: July 19 2011 at 1:20pm |
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As a scavenger, the brittle star most likely found the clown already dead and consumed the carcass.
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Posted: July 19 2011 at 1:22pm |
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My friend watched his brittle grab his clown and crush/ eat it.
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Jerrick
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Posted: July 19 2011 at 1:30pm |
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I don't think it was already dead.....the brittle has been hanging out by the anemones where the clowns sleep....I bet he snatched him while sleeping......i am so sad no matter what happened I just did not know that that would have ever been a possibility. Plus I feed the brittle often because I think it is fun, so he should not have been to hungry!
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Posted: July 19 2011 at 3:20pm |
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^you better cut him into little pieces now to get rid of him. ;)
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Posted: July 21 2011 at 9:07am |
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I've heard that there are types of brittle stars that eat fish and others that are peacful. Do you have a pic?
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Posted: July 21 2011 at 10:34am |
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Is it green? They have been reported to be fish killers, but not too sure of others doing anything other than cleaning up dead fish.
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Posted: July 21 2011 at 1:52pm |
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I will see if I can get a pic......he is slightly Green/gray...with spines all over....
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Posted: July 21 2011 at 3:21pm |
Search for warned:
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Oh, and here is a pic:
O. incrassata
HTH
Edited by TriggerHappy - July 21 2011 at 3:29pm
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Posted: July 24 2011 at 8:17pm |
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I suspect my banded serpent star of eating my tailspot blenny... :/ I won't have any of these dudes again..
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Posted: July 25 2011 at 9:38am |
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From my reading, I doubt that the banded serpent star would mess with it alive, but sure would it would "clean up" if it had died.
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