Is there a Sea star that won't eat my maxima Clam?

[sen5241b]

Is there a Sea star that will not eat my maxima Clam? I know that some sea stars will chow on clams. What about the blue linckia or the brittle star?

[Swimboy123]

Avoid brittle stars i you enjoy your fish alive. They have been known to turn when they get hungry

[jaddc]

If you want a star, then do what I do. I feed my star a small piece of table shrimp (soaked in a vitamin mix) twice a week. My star does not eat anything it should not.

Edited May 4, 2011 by jaddc

[Chad]

Avoid brittle stars i you enjoy your fish alive. They have been known to turn when they get hungry

 

Brittle stars of the genus Ophiarachna (i.e., the sort of olive green ones) are predators and will trap and eat fish at night. However, some others, like the dark red/black/grey stars like Ophiocoma are safe with fish, I have kept them with my seahorses for many years. If there is a fish that would be susceptible to predation because it is slow moving, it would be a seahorse!

 

Also, I have a couple tridacnid clams with the Ophiomastix in my sump tank and haven't had trouble if that is worth anything.

[extreme_tooth_decay]

I like fromia stars.

 

Small, beautiful, and stay away from corals and clams in my experience and the majority of what I read online.

[trockafella]

Ive got a gaint serpant star and a linkia with my clams, never had an issue....