Clean up crew for a moray eel?

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Deubie Doo

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I have a tessilate moray eel, I'm not even going to try to put other fish in with him knowing how aggressive he is but my question Is, would a starfish ( brittle star) be ok with him? I was told that the eel could eat the starfish but I don't fully trust some employes at LFS. I have 7 long spline urchins in with him as well. Do you think they would be enough as a clean up crew?

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You could try cleaner wrasse..

They get along fine.
 
or even a Crab....it eats leftovers and is not harmed by the moray.
 
Ok that sounds good with the hermit crabs! Would a conch be ok too? And has anyone had their brittle stars eaten by there moray?
 
I had brittle stars with morays with no issues...same with snails

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As well as conches....
 
I have a tesse too. You have a beauty... I have had no luck with any fish in there. He has managed to have an expensive appetite for anything i put in there. As for the CUC, I have had shrimp,snails, hermit crabs and urchins with luck. The only thing is the hermits will try and compete for the food i put in there but my tesselatta always will win. The coral banded shrimp that i have in my tank cleans the eel like a personal dentist. It is really cool to watch.
 
Pretty much anything that has a hard shell SHOULD be safe with your tessy. Some people have had luck with just throwing a lot of cleaner shrimps as well. That didn't end up well when I had my fimbriated though


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