I have a black sea cucumber too...really hardworking thing...giving my harlequin shrimp a ride on its back too...kinda cute.
Detritivore can get lobsters...not the lobsters with big claws...i mean those with very long thick antennas. Those you see in chinese restaurants......the pincers are only adapted for scavenging and feeding on detritus...they can't catch any fish at all. I've got a small one in my tank now...body metallic blue..then the tail is fluorescent lime green...very nice!
My tank got 1-2 hermits...very small...free one..went to beach and get..but you must know wat kinds to pick. I avoid the blue and red ones...i go for those small greyish colored ones...body of the crab about 1cm max only. So far it's doing a good job at cleaning the sand n leaving my pipefish and other stuff alone.
Yep...yours is a female alright. Males have a more pronounced pouch. Anyway, All shops might not exactly at the opening hours..maybe a few minutes late? Just go around lim kopi then go back see later lor.
They will only like softer stars. You can try sand stars...and other stars with longer legs...
They seem to prefer those that are thin and easy to cut....over those big and bulky ones like chocolate chip etc...
Ah ok..it found the sea cucumber boring and hopped back onto the blue linka.
Btw..my this harlequin is a fighter! She actually gave my reef-safe blue lobster many scars on its tail. Talk about self defense!
Adult seahorses would pretty much leave baby brine shrimp alone. Adult brine shrimp are deficient in nutrients too. Try frozen mysis enriched with Selcon.
Yea...like little troops marching over your sand bed..lol!
Btw..initially when I saw my nassarius I did'nt know what it was...I almost killed it...as I thought it would grow bigger and hunt my fishes by harpooning them...looks like it wun get any bigger.