Red thorny star lost a leg

I for sure is not a Harlequin shrimp It's still moving once they pounce and envenomate the star is done for it seldom moves again None I have ever seen walked or crawled away once the Harlequins got their pincher's on one.

 

yeah thats why we dont have Harlequin's, peppermints for aptasia control, skunk for cleaning the tangs they both love him and the coral banded for the clowns, for some reason the clowns wont go near the skunk but they like the coral banded, little bastards

 

Another observation I made with my Harlequins, is they usually did not eat one leg off at a time.

They usually worked their way around starfish eating towards center. Keeping star alive as long as possible...

If you had a harlequin in tank, you would know it.









8)

 

yeah their freaky looking, they actually kind of resemble a mantis somewhat in the facial area imo

 

Thats a pretty harly Omard, I miss my pair. My Eng. goby ate my Harly's and all of my peppers. Damn him!!!!!!

 

:-[

Overtemp killed off mine.

But were great fun while I had them.






(at $80+ for a pair of the colorful "Hawaiian" variety, seems to been other priorites for reef $$$. I will replace one day...)