Say hello to my little friend!

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Say hello to my little friend!

Post by Sandy » Sun Jan 31, 2010 6:13 pm



This little guy seems to be hanging in there. You can see in the one photo that the starfish are seem to know he is there and stay up high on the side of the glass. And if you look real hard in the one photo, you can see that he is eating a starfish. TOO COOL, to me that is! :mrgreen:
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Re: Say hello to my little friend!

Post by C-21 USAF » Sun Jan 31, 2010 7:00 pm

I've always loved those shrimp!
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Re: Say hello to my little friend!

Post by Redfish » Mon Feb 01, 2010 4:11 am

Very nice looking shrimp. I don't know if this is true or not. I have heard that they only eat starfish. I wonder, if this is true, how many starfish they will eat in a months time. How big is he and how big do they get, he sure looks cool though.
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Re: Say hello to my little friend!

Post by Sandy » Tue Feb 02, 2010 7:36 pm

It is true, they do only eat starfish. I have soooo many of those Asterina starfish that I think he will be busy for awhile. I do not see him with one everytime I look at him, but I have watched him eat on one. Pretty cool. He is only about 1 inch. He does not hide all the time like I thought he would. Seems to have made house on the left side of my tank so I get a good view of him.... now that I have said this, he will probably move. :roll:
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Re: Say hello to my little friend!

Post by Doug » Tue Feb 02, 2010 8:41 pm

You only have the one? We always used to get and sell them in pairs. They don't get much bigger than about 1.5". They don't hide unless really harassed, so wherever you put dinner is where they hang out. They're actually kinda cocky towards curious fish. They like chocolate chips.
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Re: Say hello to my little friend!

Post by Redfish » Wed Feb 03, 2010 6:51 am

Chocolate Chips :lol: Like the real ones, that go into cookies? They would never make it into the tank around my house,
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Re: Say hello to my little friend!

Post by Sandy » Wed Feb 03, 2010 11:04 am

Doug wrote:You only have the one? We always used to get and sell them in pairs. They don't get much bigger than about 1.5". They don't hide unless really harassed, so wherever you put dinner is where they hang out. They're actually kinda cocky towards curious fish. They like chocolate chips.
Yea, Gerwin only ordered one. But that's okay, it will just take twice as long for it to eat all the asterina stars I have in my tank. I will have to remember about the chocolate chips when I need to start buying it food.... :mrgreen:
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Re: Say hello to my little friend!

Post by Doug » Wed Feb 03, 2010 12:53 pm

They seem to be able to manage CCs better, and the tube feet on them is a little meatier. Usually the cheaper of the Pacific stars as well.
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