harlequin shrimp and asternia stars

[flyhigh123]

i have a few hunded asternia stars in my tank, if i put a harlequin shrimp in,do u think the reproduction speed of the asternia stars will maintain its diet or will he eat all the stars sooner or later...

[Lev F.]

He will probably edeplete the population sooner or later, and Asterina are really too small to make a food item, so he has to eat a bunch at each time he wants to feed. He will deplete them. Why do you want them out? is it just an overpopulation issue?

[Purple Haze]

With my luck my LPS would eat the Harlequins. ;)

Good luck.

[flyhigh123]

i like harlequins... i think their color pattern is awesome... and my tank has a lot of stars, so i was hopiing to find an equilibrium....