feeding harlequin shrimp

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  1. loneracer05

    loneracer05 Clown Trigger

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    I had a heater go bad it wasn't catastrophic but it did cook a starfish :(. He was removed only hrs after ...can I feed it to my harlequin:)
     
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  2. nc208082

    nc208082 Zoanthid

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    do not feed it. Fish andshrimp dont eat cooked food. changes everything about it. Harlequin shrimp enjoy choc chip starfish the best. give em one a month to keep em happy.
     
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  3. mikejrice

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    I agree, don't feed it. It's never worth the risk when it comes to questionable food.

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  4. loneracer05

    loneracer05 Clown Trigger

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    it wasnt really cooked so to speak just died from overheating. there was afew fish still alive in the tank.
     
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  5. schackmel

    schackmel Giant Squid

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    harlequin actually keep the starfish alive when they feed on them. They keep feeding the starfish and pump neurotoxin in them so i dont think it will touch it. Besides it can take a week to be fully ate by the shrimp and I am not sure what the decay will do

    Unfortunately once a month is way too long between feeds I feed the ones at the store once a week and occasionaly go to two weeks......... it is not cheap to keep one of these guys!
     
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  6. loneracer05

    loneracer05 Clown Trigger

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    ok will do flushed the star. i feed them once a week an arm each(2) i have 7 or 8 chocolate chips in my sump i just chop an arm off and return to the sump they grow back ...free food :)
     
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  7. libog2fish

    libog2fish Fire Shrimp

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    this is always been a conterversial topic though..
    which stating cutting lims off a starfish and letting it grow back..
    the growing back Is the issue..

    they say it can take long months before you can really even groe half of the lost lim of the star...:eek:
     
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  8. loneracer05

    loneracer05 Clown Trigger

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    Yes it does take awhile but I have enough to rotate ...if I run low I can snatch another cc for $5 here so its just under $2 a week not counting regeneration
     
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  9. cobracop

    cobracop Astrea Snail

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    high maintnance shrimp
     
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  10. schackmel

    schackmel Giant Squid

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    I have tossed around the idea of buying a harlequin but I just cant make the commitment to keep one at this time. I feed the one at the store a whole cc star every week. I dont think I could physically cut a leg off of a starfish to feed, as I always feel sorry for the cc when I toss them in. However, that feeling sorry for him goes away fast when I watch the shrimp drag that thing into his den and put it to sleep! I can sit there for an hour and watch the precision of the shrimp numb the star one leg at a time!
     
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