brittle star ate my shrimp?

euphoricgear · 01/16/2007, 01:57 AM

hi just got a peppermint shrimp yesterday to get rid of apatasia in tank. today i cant find it at all and my brittlestar's stomach is fat. i was wondering if it ate it? i saw it eat a molly out in there so i was thinking that it might have eaten the shrimp too. i didnt eat my other shrimp (coral banded) so i was wondering if it would eat the peppermint.

thanks

-TS-Vash · 01/16/2007, 05:25 AM

The brittlestar's do eat small fish and any thing else it can grab it may not have killed it and just ate it after if died from something else or it might have grabed it and ate it. You will never know. But keep a eye on him because it might eat more fish and things. The coral banded might beable to fight off the starfish. Good luck.

BTTRFLYGRL · 01/16/2007, 05:40 AM

Is it a Green Brittle star? Of so, they eat anything they want, including fish

papagimp · 01/16/2007, 08:18 AM

I've never been able to keep a shrimp in my tank for longer than one day. Never seen one eaten, but I have suspected my green brittle star for awhile now.

dc · 01/16/2007, 09:07 AM

distinct possibility!

cowboyswife · 01/16/2007, 09:22 AM

That picture is just, wow!

costello303 · 01/16/2007, 09:24 AM

can i ask what might be a stupid question - whats that?! it looks amazing!!

jag1979 · 01/16/2007, 09:32 AM

I think its a giant squid!

bigevill1 · 01/16/2007, 09:34 AM

it is a green star that just ate a cleaner shrimp.

jaw969 · 01/16/2007, 10:49 AM

He definitely has something in his stomach. My brittle stars have never swallowed anything bid like a shrimp before, but I will have to keep my eyes on them now.

miamishrip · 01/16/2007, 11:30 AM

wow didnt even know they could get like that! thats like a snake

Slphappy · 01/16/2007, 11:37 AM

From what I've read, it's only the green brittle stars that you really need to be leary of. They will catch and eat fish as well as anything else they decide is edible.

dc · 01/16/2007, 12:00 PM

LOL, they're obviously pliable. It looked even cooler when the shrimp settled sideways. Like a big watermelon, but I had already banished him to the sump and my camera couldn't get a good picture.

Rijinals · 01/16/2007, 12:19 PM

Target feed him, keep him full and you should not have a problem with him!

I have one with 2 shrimp. The blood shrimp even robs food from his arms when he is feeding!

euphoricgear · 01/17/2007, 12:14 AM

can i put it in the refrugium?> would it eat the pods or algae? i've never touched one so i dont know how im gonna be able to move it to the refrugium! lol

01/16/2007, 01:57 AM	#1
euphoricgear Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: north hollywood Posts: 3,286	brittle star ate my shrimp? hi just got a peppermint shrimp yesterday to get rid of apatasia in tank. today i cant find it at all and my brittlestar's stomach is fat. i was wondering if it ate it? i saw it eat a molly out in there so i was thinking that it might have eaten the shrimp too. i didnt eat my other shrimp (coral banded) so i was wondering if it would eat the peppermint. thanks

01/16/2007, 05:25 AM	#2
-TS-Vash Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Lawrenceville Posts: 882	The brittlestar's do eat small fish and any thing else it can grab it may not have killed it and just ate it after if died from something else or it might have grabed it and ate it. You will never know. But keep a eye on him because it might eat more fish and things. The coral banded might beable to fight off the starfish. Good luck. __________________ Only The Strong Survive!!! Current Tank Info: BB 120 sps/clam tank closed Current tank 27 gallon cube

01/16/2007, 05:40 AM	#3
BTTRFLYGRL Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: INDY Posts: 2,857	Is it a Green Brittle star? Of so, they eat anything they want, including fish __________________ AKA Kim Hardie.. Current Tank Info: 240 gallon FOWLR, 180 gallon reef, 55 gallon for my Dwarf Lion

01/16/2007, 08:18 AM	#4
papagimp COMAS Rocks! Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Oklahoma City, OK Posts: 8,185 Blog Entries: 2	I've never been able to keep a shrimp in my tank for longer than one day. Never seen one eaten, but I have suspected my green brittle star for awhile now. __________________ 58g Softie & 75g Stoney Member, Central Oklahoma Marine Aquarium Society Current Tank Info: 58g Mixed Reef Project - Started June 2011

01/16/2007, 09:07 AM	#5
dc Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Wyoming Posts: 44,684	distinct possibility! __________________ Debi ~60 Cube~ Why? Because I said so of course. -Sent via Tapatalk Smoke Signals-

01/16/2007, 09:22 AM	#6
cowboyswife Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Deltona FL Posts: 2,187	That picture is just, wow!

01/16/2007, 09:24 AM	#7
costello303 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 101	can i ask what might be a stupid question - whats that?! it looks amazing!!

01/16/2007, 09:32 AM	#8
jag1979 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 982	I think its a giant squid! __________________ clowns, bi-color pseudo, coral beauty, yellow tang GBTA, crocea clam xenia, various polyps/zoa's, candy cane, tree leather, frogspawn, torch, various mushrooms, green/red plate, birdsnest Current Tank Info: 180 AGA, tunze 6100, 6025 and 6060, 3 x 250 mh's, 3 x 80 t5's, ASM G4+

01/16/2007, 09:34 AM	#9
bigevill1 Big and Evil Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Schererville Indiana Posts: 2,427 Blog Entries: 5	it is a green star that just ate a cleaner shrimp. __________________ Evil will always win because Good is dumb. Current Tank Info: 210 gal mixed reef

01/16/2007, 10:49 AM	#10
jaw969 Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Centennial, CO Posts: 1,067	He definitely has something in his stomach. My brittle stars have never swallowed anything bid like a shrimp before, but I will have to keep my eyes on them now. __________________ How do you kick this habit anyway.......saltwater addicts anonymous? Current Tank Info: Oceanic 120 RR-Aquamedic Ocean light-Tunze 9015-Will be a mixed reef

01/16/2007, 11:30 AM	#11
miamishrip Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Delaware Posts: 130	wow didnt even know they could get like that! thats like a snake __________________ i wanna go fishing and catch a fishstick... Current Tank Info: 125g - FOWLR - will convert eventually

01/16/2007, 11:37 AM	#12
Slphappy Premium Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Cedar Falls, IA Posts: 144	From what I've read, it's only the green brittle stars that you really need to be leary of. They will catch and eat fish as well as anything else they decide is edible. __________________ How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a weary world. ~William Shakespeare

01/16/2007, 12:00 PM	#13
dc Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Wyoming Posts: 44,684	LOL, they're obviously pliable. It looked even cooler when the shrimp settled sideways. Like a big watermelon, but I had already banished him to the sump and my camera couldn't get a good picture. __________________ Debi ~60 Cube~ Why? Because I said so of course. -Sent via Tapatalk Smoke Signals-

01/16/2007, 12:19 PM	#14
Rijinals Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Manchester, England Posts: 458	Target feed him, keep him full and you should not have a problem with him! I have one with 2 shrimp. The blood shrimp even robs food from his arms when he is feeding! __________________ What do you call a fish with no eyes? A fsh! Current Tank Info: 350 litre - Fish - Inverts with LR

01/17/2007, 12:14 AM	#15
euphoricgear Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: north hollywood Posts: 3,286	can i put it in the refrugium?> would it eat the pods or algae? i've never touched one so i dont know how im gonna be able to move it to the refrugium! lol