I was planning on maybe 3 of them and cutting a leg off at a time and putting food for them inside the hob fuge. I’m not gonna try it though until I find out it can be done.
I tried that same thing. I don't know that their legs EVER actually grow back. It takes way too long. I just buy a whole one every couple weeks to throw in the tank.
lol because mine have a sweet tooth for lps and they don't need propagation they multiply like rodents. I've read online harlequin shrimp need more food than just asteria starfish but not 100% sure how accurate that is but I was planning on feeding it a chocolate starfish leg once every couple weeks so it doesn't starve.
If you put the Asteria in a breeder box with a lid, like the one you have pictured you don’t have to worry about them eating your lps, and they multiply safely in there
Lol I don’t believe you understand the nature of Asteria , they are a pest and I never intended them to be in there hence the reason for wanting to buy a harlequin shrimp to eliminate them all. Chocolate starfish is what I wanted to feed the harlequin shrimp once the pest are gone I’m telling you there’s a butt load of these Asteria in my tank.
I've had one before and it ate a lot of asteria but not all before he died so I would hate to buy another one to watch it die again, I'm guessing the asteria wasn't enough nutrition to keep the harlequin alive
Yup I know what they are like, but they will multiply quicker than the chocolate starfish can regenerate so you can always have to food ready to go when the shrimp has desimated the tank population
you cant really frag a star. it only works on algae, corals and nems.
