asterina starfish for feeders

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jefferzbooboo
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asterina starfish for feeders

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My buddy had some hitch hike on some live rock that he got. When he first got them he counted 5, 6 months later there is at least 45-50 in his tank now. Doing some research on them, they multiply like crazy and the way it sounds they multiplied pretty slow. Its kind of up in the air if they're reef safe or not, he's only got mushrooms and they haven't bothered them. He's just put in a Harlequin Shrimp to reduce his numbers and has set up a breeder tank for them to keep his Harlequin.
My thoughts are they would be good feeders for puffers, I don't wanna try with my Pink Spotted because he's been peaceful and I don't want him accustomed to chasing anything.
I do have a 90 gal cycling for a pair on full marine GSP's from a friend, they're aggressive. When juveniles in freshwater they took out a 6 in Cichlid. Any thoughts on feeding them to puffers?
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Post by Nick »

What kind of hitch hikers? Glass anemones? Bristleworms? Isopods?
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Post by jake_vdb »

Nick wrote:What kind of hitch hikers? Glass anemones? Bristleworms? Isopods?
I think he's talking about asterina starfish (in the title)
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Post by jefferzbooboo »

yep, asterina starfish.
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LOL, forgot the title by the time I was done reading a post and decided to repond... my bad.
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Post by jefferzbooboo »

Any thoughts? anyone?
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Post by Nick »

Well, if they eat them when introduced, they're good feeders, if not, they aren't. Never know what inverts puffers will eat and avoid, it's as individual as a human being's taste in seafood.
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I didn't know if they'd be bad for em or anything like that.
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I'm sure they aren't bad for them. Doesn't seem like much meat there though. Nice treat.
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