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Posted: September 13 2013 at 7:02pm |
Has anyone successfully kept a Harlequin shrimp and a sand sifting star fish in the same tank? I love my sand sifter but really dislike all of the asterina stars in my tank. I know I would have to keep him well fed one the other stars are gone but I'm OK with that as long as it would leave my sand sifter alone.
Thoughts anyone?
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Posted: September 13 2013 at 7:06pm |
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I tried that and it worked for awhile. Then one day I came home to see my harlequin on top of my sand sifter which was flipped upside down. Right next to it was a leg from a chocolate chip star I put in that morning.
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Posted: September 13 2013 at 7:32pm |
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I guess I could always move my sand sifter to my other tank until the Harlequin does his job and then switch them periodically to keep both tanks free of the pests?
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Posted: September 13 2013 at 8:08pm |
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If you get a sand sifter just make sure there is plenty of food for it to eat. How big is your tank? And what are the tank mates?
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Posted: September 13 2013 at 8:18pm |
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I've had the sand sifter for over a year. The shrimp would be the new addition.
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Posted: September 13 2013 at 10:28pm |
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Asterina are usually not harlequin shrimp preferred food. A sand sifting star will be lunch.
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Posted: September 14 2013 at 7:09am |
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Other suggestions to control or remove the asterina?
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Posted: September 14 2013 at 8:10am |
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I had hundreds of asterinas in my tank and have never seen another since I got the harlequin shrimp.
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Posted: September 14 2013 at 1:26pm |
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Mine controlled the asterinas very well however it also wiped out all of the little "micro brittles" which I wasn't too happy about. Since getting rid of it I still have yet to see an asterina.
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