Harlequin Shrimp!!! - Page 3

JHOV2324 · 01-16-2008, 04:34 PM

Yeah they are very strong and will fight away anything that comes near the star...

redbora · 01-16-2008, 06:30 PM

that's a great picture show, makes me think about getting a pair

emps · 01-16-2008, 06:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JHOV2324


	This is correct Deanos..... I feed my Harley's once a month and my LFS is now providing me with the stars monthly.....I dont think its that expensive to keep. They are very pretty and interesting animals.... In a 34 sure u can keep them....

They only need to be fed once a month, nothing in between that?

JHOV2324 · 01-16-2008, 09:02 PM

nope just once a month

emmanuel · 01-16-2008, 09:12 PM

I dont feed mine anything when I first got it I placed it in one of those hang in the tank enclosures with a couple of those little PIA starfish (asterina I think)and it ate them so I set it free in my 125 reef but I did read that not all of them will eat those little stars

rookie07 · 01-16-2008, 10:49 PM

Im getting a pair!!!!!!!
Will they eat my brittle star?
The brittle has been eating my fish(not a whole fish yet, just tails so far-I hate him)
I found this:
Hymenocera picta will eat any species of Starfish except for the Fromia species
But I cant find what stars fall into that species.

emps · 01-17-2008, 12:17 AM

Chocolate Chip stars aren't reef safe. Do they even last long enough to do any damage to corals, or do the harlequins eat them up quicker than that?

chc · 01-17-2008, 02:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rookie07


	I found this: Hymenocera picta will eat any species of Starfish except for the Fromia species But I cant find what stars fall into that species.

Is this true? do you have a link? I have one Harley and would like to get a Fromia.

Also can I add another harley and will it pair up with the other one? Is there a way to tell if it is male or female?

JHOV2324 · 01-17-2008, 02:34 AM

well tosiek has harleys wit a fromia...i put a dyin fromia in my tank and they went straight for it

cc stars are not reef safe the stars get to them b4 they can do any damage

rookie07 · 01-17-2008, 03:01 AM

cc stars are not reef safe the stars get to them b4 they can do any damage

Did you mean the harlequins get to the cc b4 it can do any damage?

I got that info about not eating certain SF on freshmarine.com
http://www.freshmarine.com/harlequin-shrimp.html

01-16-2008, 04:34 PM	#21
JHOV2324 Love da Reef-er Join Date: May 2006 Location: Brooklyn, New York Posts: 2,619 Reefer Ratings: (30) Friends: (12)	Yeah they are very strong and will fight away anything that comes near the star... __________________

01-16-2008, 09:02 PM	#24
JHOV2324 Love da Reef-er Join Date: May 2006 Location: Brooklyn, New York Posts: 2,619 Reefer Ratings: (30) Friends: (12)	nope just once a month __________________

01-16-2008, 09:12 PM	#25
emmanuel GALLISAS SYROS GREECE Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: astoria Posts: 439 Reefer Ratings: (19) Friends: (1)	I dont feed mine anything when I first got it I placed it in one of those hang in the tank enclosures with a couple of those little PIA starfish (asterina I think)and it ate them so I set it free in my 125 reef but I did read that not all of them will eat those little stars __________________ check out my corals for sale http://www.manhattanreefs.com/forum/...irls-sale.html and here http://www.manhattanreefs.com/forum/...time-trim.html frag pack http://www.manhattanreefs.com/forum/...tml#post522343

01-17-2008, 02:34 AM	#29
JHOV2324 Love da Reef-er Join Date: May 2006 Location: Brooklyn, New York Posts: 2,619 Reefer Ratings: (30) Friends: (12)	well tosiek has harleys wit a fromia...i put a dyin fromia in my tank and they went straight for it cc stars are not reef safe the stars get to them b4 they can do any damage __________________

01-17-2008, 03:01 AM	#30
rookie07 Thats me!! Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: nyc Posts: 1,107 Reefer Ratings: (19) Friends: (0)	cc stars are not reef safe the stars get to them b4 they can do any damage Did you mean the harlequins get to the cc b4 it can do any damage? I got that info about not eating certain SF on freshmarine.com http://www.freshmarine.com/harlequin-shrimp.html Last edited by rookie07; 01-17-2008 at 03:03 AM.

01-16-2008, 06:30 PM	#22
redbora Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: NJ Posts: 130 Reefer Ratings: (0) Friends: (0)	that's a great picture show, makes me think about getting a pair

01-16-2008, 10:49 PM	#26
rookie07 Thats me!! Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: nyc Posts: 1,107 Reefer Ratings: (19) Friends: (0)	Im getting a pair!!!!!!! Will they eat my brittle star? The brittle has been eating my fish(not a whole fish yet, just tails so far-I hate him) I found this: Hymenocera picta will eat any species of Starfish except for the Fromia species But I cant find what stars fall into that species.

01-17-2008, 12:17 AM	#27
emps Junior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Clifton, NJ Posts: 302 Reefer Ratings: (8) Friends: (0)	Chocolate Chip stars aren't reef safe. Do they even last long enough to do any damage to corals, or do the harlequins eat them up quicker than that?

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