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Asterina Stars and Anemones

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NJTaxMan

I was debating getting a Harlequin shrimp to deal with my Asterina star problem. Then I asked myself...why cant I just feed them to my BTAs? Anyone know a reason that this isnt a win win?
 
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captain donato

I used to feed them to my rainbow nems. Not sure of this but I think it made them split more. Other than that I didn’t have any issues. I just had so many asterina‘s that I bought a Harlequin and he wiped them all out. But once he wipes them all out, he will die rather quickly without feeding him stars. Unfortunately I didn’t get a chocolate starfish in there in time. Some people have a hard time feeding a chocolate chip starfish to another critter in the tank or cutting their legs off to feed.
 
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NJTaxMan

captain donato said:
I used to feed them to my rainbow nems. Not sure of this but I think it made them split more. Other than that I didn’t have any issues. I just had so many asterina‘s that I bought a Harlequin and he wiped them all out. But once he wipes them all out, he will die rather quickly without feeding him stars. Unfortunately I didn’t get a chocolate starfish in there in time. Some people have a hard time feeding a chocolate chip starfish to another critter in the tank or cutting their legs off to feed.
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That was my other route..but not knowing how fast they will clean out a tank...i decided to stay away. Cant get a ball park estimate on how many they will consume per day. But given anecdotal evidence..they are pretty thourough and pretty efficient.
 
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NJTaxMan

I fed one to my rainbow. seemed to eat it. 24 hours later, it took a massive poopie and deflated. Seems back to normal today. Probably going to avoid..the poope scared me.
 
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