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Old 01-12-2013, 02:49 PM
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Not all of them will eat frozen, I use to feed mine frozen stars bit since switched to just giving g them fresh chocolate chips.

Better chances of survival in pairs as well.

Careful Harley's eat urchins too!!
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Old 01-12-2013, 02:56 PM
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they only had one at lfs. Ill buy some small stars and keep in sump

Denny did you notice diff when feeding live vs frozen
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I have had a pair for almost 3 years now, hands down my favorite shrimp species. I personally feed live, keep 3-4 choc. chip stars or sand sifters (which ever you can get for cheaper, if you let the LFS know its for a har. usually they are pretty good about it) and just chop off a leg or two every week.

As you make your rounds the starfish will grow back the legs, at the same time they eat all the detritus in your sump.

Never heard of feeding them fish, they are obligate eaters of starfish so I personally don't see it working. If you try come back and let us know how it worked?

Also I'm sure there are multiple species of astrina stars, my har. would only go after the brown/white ones opting to leave the red ones alone.
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Old 01-12-2013, 03:43 PM
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Thanks Levi.

That's what I was planning. Have a rotation in sump. I am going to try and find another. Do they change sex or predetermined.

The asterias I have are grey and white. Never caused any harm just need a little control
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Old 01-12-2013, 03:46 PM
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I have a pair mated for sale. Selling for a friend so we guessed at a fair price. Make an offer and you got em. More concerned they go to a good home than getting money back for them.
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Thanks Levi.

That's what I was planning. Have a rotation in sump. I am going to try and find another. Do they change sex or predetermined.

The asterias I have are grey and white. Never caused any harm just need a little control
Your very welcome. I'm not 100% on this but if they exhibit the same morphology as other shrimp they should be protandric simultaneous hermaphrodites. Oddly though they choose to fertilize only one partner, very cool to watch. When the breeding cycle occurs one of them will hide for about a week, the other remains out on the hunt.
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Are they breed able in captivity. Spawning is one thing but to raise them would be neat.
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Are they breed able in captivity. Spawning is one thing but to raise them would be neat.


they breed but im not sure about raising the young though ive never tried or heard of anyone doing it, i never really looked into it though either , they mate right after a molt and molt less than other shrimps we keep.

years ago harleys were something that only came in from time to time and were labled as hard to keep.
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Protandric simultaneous hermaphroditism, as reported for shrimps in the genus Lysmata, is a sexual system in which individuals invariably reproduce as males first and later in life as simultaneous hermaphrodites.
The genus Lysmata includes bloods, peppermints, skunks, ect while Harlequins are Hymenocera. Not sure if they are the same, couldn't find any information specifically on the Hars.
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they only had one at lfs. Ill buy some small stars and keep in sump

Denny did you notice diff when feeding live vs frozen

well i went to live because harleys use sent to hunt , they also have a pairing ritual when its feeding time , i didnt notice anything different when they were eating frozen but with a full live star they do the heirchy thing were one eats and allows the other to eat they meet in the middle.

get a pair , once paired they are together untill death or something else seperates them.


to feed a harlequin on only live asterinas wouldnt last long they clear a tank out fast as they use sent to find their prey.


i dont think harleys would eat fish but they do eat urchins and rare occurances large snails.

by far the coolest shrimp ive lept , very hardy as well
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