Too many starfish

[leasmike]

Am having a epidemic of immature starfish im my 55 gal zoanthid and palythoa tank. They are ganging up and eating my zoas. Have tried adding more crabs

 

[BeakerBob]

Add a Harliquin shrimp and he will take care of the starfish problem.

 

[143gadgets]

Add a Harliquin shrimp and he will take care of the starfish problem.

This is what i did.

 

[leasmike]

I will try that ...Thank you

 

[bkv1997]

This is what i did.

me three... worked very well i'm still feeding him chochlate chips about once every two months....

 

[ct_vol]

Maybe I'll order one... So they take care of Asterinas as well???

 

[bkv1997]

yea.... two cleaned my tank in little over a week.... still supplementing food to make sure they have time to hunt them all down.

 

[ct_vol]

Good info, thanks Brandon... I wasn't sure if they'd eat the smaller stars... They're pretty shrimp for sure...

 

[ironman]

its kinda fun watching them, they are all about buissness. they can iradicate the little buggers in no time. but like brandon said they are so efficient you have to be ready to feed them something else when all the stars are gone. or pull them out and sell them to the next reefer who has stars.