Feeding brittle stars to LPS

[Fish Boss]

Is there anything wrong with this nutritionally wise? These guys are literally every where, so I am trying to find new uses for them. My fish won't eat them, but my LPS love them, always elicits a great feeding response. It was pretty cool noting the stinging power of the corals. Duncan's have the best grip, while goniopora completly disintegrated the brittles rather quickly

 

[xcaret]

Mini brittle stars?
In the not so distant future I would love to get a few, love those things.

 

[roostertech]

How big are the one you are using to feed? The ones I have are roughly an inch and I don't think my coral can eat that.

 

[Wlachnit]

LPS eating brittle stars....I learn something new everyday.


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[daddio]

We cracked a rock open today and found a whole nest of big ones- maybe 20 - their arms are at least 1/2 inch long. An LPS can eat this? How big of an LPS?

 

[Fish Boss]

Yeah mine are no bigger than an inch across. I fed these to acan lord, gonipora, Duncans, and blastos. The blasts couldn't really grab them, acan lord had a decent grip and they elicited a strong feeding response after being fed the stars. The Duncans had great grip and closed up quick. The gonipora didn't grip it that well, but I could tell it had a much stronger sting, so the stars died nearly instantaneously and disintegrated relatively fast