Shrimp love
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nope... and i know some shops say they are a mated pair, but they really aren't... i have gotten two of them and placed them in my DT with no problem... they swam and walked around together, but i doubt they were a pair...
and i figure breeding they is very very hard because they go thru a planktonic stage and most filtration will just kill them...
but, maybe you'll be the first with a dedicated system that breeds them... that'll be dope... GL...
and i figure breeding they is very very hard because they go thru a planktonic stage and most filtration will just kill them...
but, maybe you'll be the first with a dedicated system that breeds them... that'll be dope... GL...
I examined them and for sure one is male and the other female. I was assured that the diver who caught them found them together and they were in the same bowl throughout the chain of custody. But I've seen only few LFS or on-line retailers that guaranteed in writing any fish or invert was a mated breeding pair.
These are the very rare hawaiian type. I've had a common philippine white with blue spot one for 3 years in my previous reef that got to be 2+ inches.
Im just going to see if they breed in my DT. Its just neat to see this human-like pair bonding. Theres no way Im pulling them out and setting up a dedicated tank.
I wonder if anyone has a tang breeding pair in captivity. Now that would be neat.
These are the very rare hawaiian type. I've had a common philippine white with blue spot one for 3 years in my previous reef that got to be 2+ inches.
Im just going to see if they breed in my DT. Its just neat to see this human-like pair bonding. Theres no way Im pulling them out and setting up a dedicated tank.
I wonder if anyone has a tang breeding pair in captivity. Now that would be neat.
I fed my last harlequin constantly. He always had a sand sifter or linkia star in the tank. He started with the arms, eating 1 per day. When he got full or ate 2 arms I would rotate the star into my fuge to regenerate. I had 3-4 starfish at all times in different stages of healing.
If I forgot or he dragged the star where I couldn't get it, he finished the whole thing in a week leaving only dorsal skin or parts of the body.
A few times I forgot to feed him for a month. He cleaned out some pest starfish I had in my tank. As soon as I placed a fat starfish in he would sense it, come dancing (literally) out of the rocks, flip it over and beat it like it committed a crime.
If I forgot or he dragged the star where I couldn't get it, he finished the whole thing in a week leaving only dorsal skin or parts of the body.
A few times I forgot to feed him for a month. He cleaned out some pest starfish I had in my tank. As soon as I placed a fat starfish in he would sense it, come dancing (literally) out of the rocks, flip it over and beat it like it committed a crime.
in terms of colors im only aware of white with blue (indo-pacific) and white with red/purple (hawaiian), but im sure there are indivudual variations. Ive seen 3+ inches in size, expecially females which are the larger of the sexes.
ive read they can be trained to eat frozen foods. But its fascinating seeing a 1inch shrimp flip a 5 inch starfish and start munching. He did really have a happy dance when he saw a starfish falling down towards him. Soon he would have a starfish arm disected off and in his claws.
linkia stars did not survive more than a few rounds of being dined upon. small chocolate chips were my star of choice to be completely eaten in 1 sitting due to cheaper price and hardiness; they would live for 2-3 weeks. on 2 occasions the shrimp got full and released the chocolate chip star, who then started eating coral. So I went with sand sifters. I believe the need a variety of starfish like in the wild but probably have a favorite.
ive read they can be trained to eat frozen foods. But its fascinating seeing a 1inch shrimp flip a 5 inch starfish and start munching. He did really have a happy dance when he saw a starfish falling down towards him. Soon he would have a starfish arm disected off and in his claws.
linkia stars did not survive more than a few rounds of being dined upon. small chocolate chips were my star of choice to be completely eaten in 1 sitting due to cheaper price and hardiness; they would live for 2-3 weeks. on 2 occasions the shrimp got full and released the chocolate chip star, who then started eating coral. So I went with sand sifters. I believe the need a variety of starfish like in the wild but probably have a favorite.
