Harlequin addition/action shots.

[ShaunW]

Check out one of my two new Harlequin shrimp in action. These are such cool shrimp, but they are NOT for the faint of heart, :tongue1: .

First additon! Just a little confused. WHERE DA FOOD AT?

BUT, it took no time for them to feel right at home, . You can see a tasty morsal (umm, I mean starfish in the foreground) :sgrin:!

The shrimp taking a closer inspection, wondering how tasty this species of starfish may be? :givebeer:

Passing it by, on the move for other "bites".

 

[ShaunW]

Maybe this starfish needs another pass? and taste.

:inlove: Inspection and removal.

And in the mouth it goes! The makings of a beautiful relationship, :birthday:

The PORTRAIT OF A HAPPY SHRIMP!

 

[digitalreefer]

Nice shrimp, great photos. I'm constantly pulling asterina from my tank... let me know if you ever need some.

 

[ShaunW]

KUDOS TO JIM and RUSS for bringing my two new shrimp to their new home.

 

[ShaunW]

Nice shrimp, great photos. I'm constantly pulling asterina from my tank... let me know if you ever need some.

Sure I'll take as many bites of food, ahh I mean starfish, as your willing to provide, .

THANKS. Maybe we can meet at the next fragswap?

 

[jhale]

cool shrimps and photos.

it looks like it's time to take some pics of your tank again.

 

[bad coffee]

Cool pics! I'm thinking of one for my upgrade.

cool shrimps and photos.

it looks like it's time to take some pics of your tank again.

You bet. We need to put in our frag orders for the next swap!

B

 

[masterswimmer]

Shaun, great action pix. Thanks for the kudos.

Is that the mother of all Harlequins'? Or the little guy? Tough to get perspective.

Russ

 

[wxl14]

Those pics are awsome. Super impressive.

 

[inkblue]

i doNt see tHe starFish dammit...

 

[jackson6745]

i doNt see tHe starFish dammit...

LOL:tongue1:

Great shots Shaun!

 

[jhale]

i doNt see tHe starFish dammit...

look on the glass :shhh:

 

[ShaunW]

i doNt see tHe starFish dammit...

Your kidding right? :iamwithst

 

[inkblue]

:lol2: i seee it noW... iF i didnt looK at tHe gLasS, i wud haVe never seen it...

 

[ShaunW]

Shaun, great action pix. Thanks for the kudos.

Is that the mother of all Harlequins'? Or the little guy? Tough to get perspective.

Russ

Russ, that's the big guy. The little one is just as cool, :birthday: . These guys should have plenty of food for the next year, since my glass has at least 100 starfish on it as I type. The rocks are covered.

 

[Breezp]

that was a touching story, whens the sequel:scratchch :

 

[ShaunW]

that was a touching story, whens the sequel:scratchch :

Glad I moved you. I be sure to post pic when they begin to go after my 4 inch long serpent star.

 

[loismustdie]

Shaun, I've found that mine never went after brittle stars or serpant stars. In a tank together for over 2 years. You may have different results.

 

[ShaunW]

Shaun, I've found that mine never went after brittle stars or serpant stars. In a tank together for over 2 years. You may have different results.

:scratch: I guess I will find out. I have large numbers of the small brittle stars, I sure hope they go after them. As for the big serpant star I was going to save it from the carnage anyway. Chris what do you feed yours and how often?

 

[loismustdie]

Mine ate the small stars all over the tank like you've got. I don't think they did anything to curb my mini-brittle star population. I really just don't think brittle stars are part of their diet. I was able to get a couple of atlantic stars and fed them one of their legs a week. At one time I had no food for them and I shamefully bought them a chocolate chip star to eat.
Mine were a mated pair and readily spawned in my tank. I was never successful at raising the fry. I decided to give them to someone who was much more serious and better equipped than me to breed them. With the star fish problem on the great barrier reef, it would be better to leave as many as possible to deal with them in the wild and try to get a breeding program here. I believe he has yet to have a successful spawn.
The mini stars you've got should last them a while. As you start feeding them larger starfish, you will notice that they don't eat the entire starfish. You'll see they leave behind a pile of what looks like gravel when they are done, this is the starfish bones. They only eat the tissue. Also what you will notice when they are dealing with larger stars is that there won't be a fight or anything. They seem to have a toxin in their 2 front most feet that they will poke the star with and basically paralyze the star.
Beautiful and very interesting animals though. Good luck with them.