Shark&Ray Safe Inverts?

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Sp what about starfish? Or snails? Or urchins?

I'm wanting to do several brittle stars because I love their cleaning abilities. And I want to do a few large stars and snails. As well as my Black Long-Spine Urchin.
And maybe either a lobster or large crab.

Another worry I have though with the large crab/lobster and the urchin, is the possibility of them harming the shark or ray


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Urchins usually do ok. Stars tend to get their legs chewed up by sharks.
I would avoid crabs/lobsters with pinchers, but the ones with small or none would be ok.
 
Zoodiver said:
Urchins usually do ok. Stars tend to get their legs chewed up by sharks.
I would avoid crabs/lobsters with pinchers, but the ones with small or none would be ok.
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That's kind of what I assumed. So I'll see what kind of crab or lobster I can come up with that has smaller pinchers, but is still large enough to not be eaten.

If I can get my brittle stars breeding, then I'll just add a bunch of babies and see what happens.

And I figured that the urchin could be an issue for the ray, with its long spines.
I got stung by it the other day, and it isn't pleasant.


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Try pencil urchins. Rays tend to do very well with them.

Depending on how big you want you lobesters: Spanish, Slipper or Carribean Spiney lobsters would work.
 
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