Asterina predators that aren't shrimp

[mushrommy]

I would get a Harlequin shrimp or a bumblebee shrimp but I have a CBS that I love but will definitely kill them, are there any alternatives of Harlequin or bumblebee shrimp?

 

[blaxsun]

I don't believe so for shrimp, no.

 

[mushrommy]

I don't believe so for shrimp, no.

I've been picking them out but I can't seem to get all of them and the reproduce so quickly.

 

[Stomatopods17]

harlequin shrimp and cbb will be fine together. They can hold their ground pretty well, i was pinched by my female harlequin yesterday.

Its cleaners, fish, and arrow crabs you need to care cbb fighting, it'll most likely just ignore the harlequin's existance.

 

[mushrommy]

harlequin shrimp and cbb will be fine together. They can hold their ground pretty well, i was pinched by my female harlequin yesterday.

Its cleaners, fish, and arrow crabs you need to care cbb fighting, it'll most likely just ignore the harlequin's existance.

Ok, thanks#

 

[malacoda]

Nope, no other predators for asterinas.

 

[mushrommy]

Nope, no other predators for asterinas.

Ok thanks for the response

 

[mushrommy]

harlequin shrimp and cbb will be fine together. They can hold their ground pretty well, i was pinched by my female harlequin yesterday.

Its cleaners, fish, and arrow crabs you need to care cbb fighting, it'll most likely just ignore the harlequin's existance.

Wait CBB, I said cbs

 

[Stomatopods17]

Wait CBB, I said cbs

coral banded shrimp i'm referring to.

typo

Harlequin shrimp are your only asterina predators that I know off, i've had a pair decimate a 200 population I grew intentionally for them in weeks. There's no evidence of bumblebee shrimp hunting down stars but I did see bumblebees eat a chocolate chip star with a pair of harlequins, i filmed it consuming the star but the quality turned out pretty terrible cause of blue lighting, there was only 1 actually eating it while the other bumblebees were roaming. Harlequins will be able to hold their ground from a coral banded shrimp, I've had them be stubborn enough to push away emerald crabs before.

 

[Boreas_SA]

There are definitely other predators of asterinas, Nardoa starfish worked for me to keep asterinas under control, and they do seem to eat left over frozen food they find too. Have had 5 of them in a 75 gallon for about a year and they seem to be doing well.

 

[mushrommy]

coral banded shrimp i'm referring to.

typo

Harlequin shrimp are your only asterina predators that I know off, i've had a pair decimate a 200 population I grew intentionally for them in weeks. There's no evidence of bumblebee shrimp hunting down stars but I did see bumblebees eat a chocolate chip star with a pair of harlequins, i filmed it consuming the star but the quality turned out pretty terrible cause of blue lighting, there was only 1 actually eating it while the other bumblebees were roaming. Harlequins will be able to hold their ground from a coral banded shrimp, I've had them be stubborn enough to push away emerald crabs before.

Sorry for the mix up, also I have a question about the Harlequin shrimp, what type of starfish should I feed them once they run out asterinas.

 

[mushrommy]

There are definitely other predators of asterinas, Nardoa starfish worked for me to keep asterinas under control, and they do seem to eat left over frozen food they find too. Have had 5 of them in a 75 gallon for about a year and they seem to be doing well.

Ok! That's gonna have to be the best choices, though I heard im going to have to spot feed them.

 

[Boreas_SA]

If you want to go for shrimp, bumblebee is a better bet, as they are not obligate starfish feeders, and will also eat other food. For the Nardoa, you can probably target feed them, but mine have been persisting for a year now without any special care, one even grew back a leg it lost to the wavemaker, so I suspect they are getting enough food.

 

[mushrommy]

If you want to go for shrimp, bumblebee is a better bet, as they are not obligate starfish feeders, and will also eat other food. For the Nardoa, you can probably target feed them, but mine have been persisting for a year now without any special care, one even grew back a leg it lost to the wavemaker, so I suspect they are getting enough food.

Ok, thanks!

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

this non-shrimp tool works very well

 

[LPS Bum]

Elegance corals. Seriously.

I feed my Asterina stars to my two large Elegance corals, and they gobble em up. Good way to keep the population in check.

 

[exnisstech]

@mushrommy if you go with the harlequin shrimp be prepared to supplementaly feed it when the asterina are gone or it will starve. I had one but got tired of cutting legs off chocolate chip stars to feed it after it cleaned out all the asterina so I traded it in.

 

[mushrommy]

this non-shrimp tool works very well

I've been doing that but the asterinas just keep on reproducing

 

[mushrommy]

@mushrommy if you go with the harlequin shrimp be prepared to supplementaly feed it when the asterina are gone or it will starve. I had one but got tired of cutting legs off chocolate chip stars to feed it after it cleaned out all the asterina so I traded it in.

Yeah, I know. That's the main reason I want to avoid them.

 

[exnisstech]

Yeah, I know. That's the main reason I want to avoid them.

Are the asterina bothering anything? I have quite a few and they bother nothing. They usually get on the front glass at night and I'll scrape them off with a net sometimes. For the most part they stay on the back glass. Mine also seem to self regulate their population on their own. I'll have hundreds in my 180g and then one day it will dawn on me that their numbers have decreased.