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I was at the LFS today and they had a small about 31/2-4" star today. I've been looking for a small one for the nano for a while, but I have a pistol coming in from the group buy. Will they be compatible, will I be asking for trouble?
You should be fine IMHO. I have kept the two together in the past. You were smart not to name the store with the star, if you had I might be in my car on the way now
Well Nikki it was allquatics. And unless you can get there in the next 15min you'll never neat me there. And to be honest it was only labled as a serpent but it had the banding like the harli. I'm gonna get either way. I just can't remember if the main body had markings or if it was just the arms.
As Nikki said, anything is possible, but I too have had a very large pistol (3-4") and a purple/red serpent without any issue. They used to fight for who is going to take down my turbo snails, so be careful.
I should mention that many disagreed with me that a serpent would eat a snail unless it was already sick.. so I don't know. I just know that I saw a lot of snails go down to my pistol and serpent.
Not a harlequin but still I liked and he's small only about 3" spread. Perfect for the nano. Kind of hard to see but the main body markings looks like a heart and actually has a bit of red in it. Of course I'll most likely never see it. Just like everything other invert in the tank.
You may see him more than you think. Before I went bare bottom, mine used to eat out of my hand/come to my hand when it was feeding time or any food came to the tank.
I guess serpents are not bare bottom type inverts. The first day I went bare bottom he wedged himself under a rock, split ALL of his legs, and died.
i think serpent stars are great and really cool. However big ones tend to walk around at night and they seem to find the nice niche that my jawfish built...making for a very unhappy jawfish.
So now I am resigned to only small mini serpent stars that exist in the LR, coral nooks/cavities etc.