Harlequin Shrimp Questions

[MuralReef]

Any idea how to keep one from eating my sand sifters? I have a growing astrea star problem I'd like to deal with but I don't want to sacrifice my sand sifters. Any suggestions are welcome.

 

[Haddonisreef]

Put it in a sump, re home, or dinner it is!

 

[FinsUp]

before you show it your red room, make it sign a contract to never eat a sand sifter. And a nondisclosure agreement.

 

[Rumen]

My sand shifting star get eaten alive by the shrimp all the time but the shrimp can't finish he eats like half a leg but it seems to grow back by the next attack

 

[MuralReef]

My sand shifting star get eaten alive by the shrimp all the time but the shrimp can't finish he eats like half a leg but it seems to grow back by the next attack

I was wondering about that. It would seem they could get away by burrowing back in the sand.

 

[Skrappy]

I am not a shrimp expert, but I am pretty sure their primary diet in the wild is lankia and sand sifting star fish. So if you want the A-hole stars to get eaten you probably need to take your other stars out and put them in the sump. Its not from experience I'm just guessing, but I would think even if he didn't fully eat your sand sifter that the shrimp would loose its appetite for the little A-holes and just eat on your sand sifter slowly. Better safe than sorry, you don't want him to eat your sand sifter and then still not eat the ASStrea stars.