Fishy Steve
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I have a small clown in a 140L tank and recently got a choc chip star. From what I've been reading there could be a chance of the clown being eaten while sleeping. Am I worring about nothing or is this a possibility?
Hi Fishy Steve. If you do not have enough detritus and algae in your tank, then yes - you can feed the hermit crab. Another thing with the chocolate chip starfish - it could also most likely die if there is indeed not enough food for it to live of in your tank....
I throw in quite a few pellets nearby him cause the clown steals one and so does the cleaner shrimp. Saw the shrimp take the pellet from right under the choc chip, it must make him angry as hell.
feed him something bigger than pellets, nice piece of fish or squid. Must be big enough for the other fish not to be able to nab it. I also have a feeding pad mounted against the side wall about 200m above the substrate, this is to stop the crabs from stealing the food from the seastar.
Also feed him all the time. I have very small star (50mm diameter) and he feeds every night, 50c piece of meat.
wont to show us a pics hahaha just kidding
wont to show us a pics hahaha just kidding
LOL. Need your own personal pebble bed reactor to fire up your giga watt halide
Very true, it is weird how much sea stars can eat, with such a slow metabolism.
I can only assume they must be able to speed up/slow down their metabolism as the food availability allows, but i am guessing, it's something i have thought about though, i've read countless reports about starving starfish - and read about how much they can eat.
Warren, please post up a picture of your feeding mat, it may help others with starfish to keep them alive more successfully.