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Posted: May 31 2005 at 12:46pm |
I finally got a couple of good shots of Pistonfister's shrimp in my tank. He hardly comes out close to where I can get a good picture, but this morning I got him.
He has done a great job in taking care of those pesky little stars.
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Posted: May 31 2005 at 12:58pm |
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Wow - that is so cool looking. I'm going to have to let those stars reproduce like crazy in my tank so I can get one.
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Posted: May 31 2005 at 3:27pm |
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Nice pics!
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Posted: May 31 2005 at 9:23pm |
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Those are some great pics. I've set the first one as my desktop pic. Really cool.
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Posted: May 31 2005 at 10:01pm |
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Very nice Brad! I guess you're going to stop laying tile now and become a photographer.
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Posted: May 31 2005 at 11:26pm |
I wish I could Jeff, It certainly be alot easier on the knees and toes  . The shrimp is just visiting while Bruce works on his new nano tank. I cant believe how fast he has cleared out all of those stars, since I got back home I have only seen three stars. They sure are gorgeouse little shrimp. Does anyone know if they eat anything other than starfish? Or does anyone else have one?
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Posted: June 01 2005 at 12:03am |
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I thought that the little brittle star fish were a good thing. They help clean up your tank don't they? Why do you consider them a pest Brad?
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Posted: June 01 2005 at 12:07am |
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Only that they reproduce out of control. I havent seen them actually eating on any coral, but I went from just a couple now and then , to seeing and manually removing with10 tweezers 20 a week for two months now . So when Bruce asked if I could house him for awhile I thought it would be a good way to reduce the numbers. And it has.
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Posted: June 01 2005 at 6:34am |
I kept 1 for about 5 months then 1 for 6 months, together. The harleys eat just stars and if you were able to reproduce some in your refugium and feed one out every other day that would keep them quite happy  . I was feeding them those pesky little reef invaders. Can't think of their name right now but they are coral menaces, they never turned on my corals but I got worried when I couldn't get them under control by removing 5-10 a day, know what I mean. They eventually did rid the aquarium of the white stars and ate brittle stars. If they had rid my tank of the brittles before they croaked  I was going to have to buy some more stars for their lunch. The other option was to ask the other members for their menace stars  . The first disapearance was a complete mystery but the second wasn't, a fish nailed him  right after the harley molted, bad fish  . Best of luck to you...
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Posted: June 01 2005 at 2:31pm |
Here is a closeup.
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Posted: June 01 2005 at 2:40pm |
Really are beautiful pics. When you run out of little stars for him, I'll take him.
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Posted: June 01 2005 at 3:55pm |
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For sure Adam, that is, if Bruce doesnt want him back. I certainly don't want him to starve. I will be keeping a close eye on him and my tank.
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