Frustrating Brittle Stars

[SLPReefer]

Anyone have any good negative reinforcement techniques for keeping brittle stars from stealing food from corals and anemones? :firecracker:

[storrisch]

scissors

[Turf]

... and those can be dull or sharp depending on your love for the stars.

[mtfatwork]

Harlequin shrimp ;). I just put mine in my sump

[clownnut]

feed the starfish first.

[SLPReefer]

I tried feedng them first for a while, but I can't afford that. They eat like twice their body volume of mysis!

[PLNelson]

Is there something that is cheaper than mysis that you could feed to them?

[SLPReefer]

hmmm, that may be a good idea....Thanks.

[David Grigor]

About the only thing I know is to make a cage from window screening, coke bottom, or from cross-stitching material to put over the coral.

Pretty much a necessity with any shrimp,crabs, stars in the tank. Or like others have said banish the critters to the sump/refugium.

[Irenicus]

Anyone have any good negative reinforcement techniques for keeping brittle stars from stealing food from corals and anemones? :firecracker:

Feed the brittles first.

[Irenicus]

I tried feedng them first for a while, but I can't afford that. They eat like twice their body volume of mysis!

I'm sorry, I pulled a LoveRotties and didn't read all the posts before posting.

[AquaNuts]

go to the grocery store buy a raw shrimp in the deli-take it home cut in half and feed it to the brittle---he will be fat and happy for awhile! Mine LOVES them! And it is fun to watch the bristle worms come and get if from them!