harliquen shrimp, i no i totally messed up on the spelling

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  1. nemo1991

    nemo1991 Millepora

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    i have like 100 small green brittle stars, and i dont want them in my reef deach of like a nickle size, or much smaller, will the shrimp eat them?
     
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  3. lunatik_69

    lunatik_69 Giant Squid

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    They eat real star fishes.
     
  4. omard

    omard Gnarly Old Codfish

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    Keep Harlequins well supplied with CC stars, Sand Sifters or Linka's if you can afford them.

    Harly's will be interested in nothing else.
     
  5. Tangster

    Tangster 3reef Sponsor

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    Sounds like you may have the mini brittle stars and they are a good thing I'll take all you do not want of them :)
     
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    omard Gnarly Old Codfish

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    I would be more then willing to trade some asterina stars for them! ;)
     
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  7. Tangster

    Tangster 3reef Sponsor

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    LOL I bet you would .. Like I said way back when I have never know of Harlequins to eat these little mutant stars LOL LeRoy jumed the gun on that artical :) I have had them for yrs to just disapear at some point like here we had them and now none at all .
     
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  9. omard

    omard Gnarly Old Codfish

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    You must have had something that ate them, or starved them to death.

    I have been living with mine for over 6 years now.

    Number of them seemed to reduce greatly when I first got wrasses...

    Population of them seems to ebb and flow...know no reason why.

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