Harlequin Shrimp, are they ethical????

[pbarrett]

I am really angered of all the talk of people keeping and wanting to keep Harlequin Shrimp. I mean they have to be fed tube footed sea stars. Whether it is a Linkia, Chocolate Chip, Fromia, or Sand Sifting Star is not the point. All of these stars are kept within the hobby as ornamental livestock and not as food for shrimp. Who are we to say a starfish can live or die just because we have the $10-20 to buy them. If that was the case could we not buy gobies, clowns, or other small fish to feed the likes of groupers, lionfish, eels, and other predatory fish. Would it be different if we only fed the predatory fish captive raised fish? I think that you know where I stand on this subject, I think Harlequin Shrimp should be left on the reefs. But what does everyone else think?