Chocolate chip star...

[5ft24]

Well, without much thought, the girlfriend fell in love with a chocolate chip star. So far, in this 55g, its him, a clarkii clown, 2 sgt major damsels and a royal gramma...
After more thought and a bit of reading on the star, I think I just screwed myself out of being able to have coral.... any that they won't try to eat?

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[Reefomeez]

If you buy a harlequin shrimp then your coral will be safe. Harlequins eat stars, lol. And chances are your lady will like them too.

 

[Six2seven]

I had one years ago but it died. I've never been able to keep stars alive but then again that was a long time ago

 

[thedevilscandy]

It's doubtful. Maybe you should consider swapping it out for a linkia

 

[SchnitzelReef]

My brother in law had one in his mixed reef for months. Never touched his Lps or softys. I think some eat coral and some don't. I have one in my sump, it's been in there for almost 2 years. I bought 4 of them to feed my harlequin shrimp. Every couple weeks I would cut off a leg of one of the stars and feed it to the shrimp. Unfortunately the shrimp got eaten by my Sargassum trigger.

Now I kinda dig the choco star in my sump. Always pull him out and show kids when they come over. Kind of a fun show and tell. Or when I have friends over and the booze starts pouring, the star always ends up out and getting passed around. Lol

 

[jbaeza83]

My brother in law has one, but he put him in the sump when he got coral. Just toss it in the sump!

 

[rjd0521]

I had one for years in my sps tank and it never touched anything. One day I was bored and gave him away. I still have my sand stirring starfish, the bugger survived it all from new tank to rookie mistake including high nitrate and many other things lol