Pet crabs already established in tank and living happily
2006-08-19 12:18:42 · 6 answers · asked by Adrian F 1 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
If anything, your crabs will eat the starfish. Make sure you have at least three inches of substrate and stable water conditions. The starfish in general will scavenge, but you can place bits of clam meat/shrimp under it to feed it.
2006-08-21 03:10:17 · answer #1 · answered by iceni 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Most sea star species are generalist predators, some eating bivalves like mussels, clams, and oysters; or any animal slow enough to be unable to evade the attack (e.g. dying fish). Some species are detritivores, eating decomposed animal and plant material, or organic films attached to substrate. The others may consume coral polyps (the best-known example for this is the infamous Acanthaster planci), sponges or even suspended particles and planktons (sea stars from the Order Brisingida). The process of feeding or capture may or may not be aided by special parts; Pisaster brevispinus or Short-spined Pisaster from west coast of America may use a set of specialized tube feet capable of extending itself deep into the soft substrata, hauling out the prey (usually clams) from within [1]
2006-08-19 12:49:19 · answer #2 · answered by miss_hgl 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Definatly in fact they are many times sold as tank cleaning care packages with snails, hermit crabs, star fish, shrimp and other cleaning type animals. They eat similar to the hermit crabs, different algae and watse products form other fish etc. They are cleaners, scavengers.
2006-08-19 13:02:01 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
baby crabs
2006-08-19 12:25:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
google it and see
2006-08-19 12:23:46 · answer #5 · answered by ghostsqaud 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes i think it will be ok .////////////////
2006-08-21 02:31:15 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋