Pic: Aiptasia eating Brittle Star

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  1. GjB

    GjB Skunk Shrimp

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    Caught this shot on the side of my tank prior to injecting the aiptasia with liquid death:
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  2. Sadie

    Sadie Coral Banded Shrimp

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    did, it really eat it or were you able to save it?
     
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  3. GjB

    GjB Skunk Shrimp

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    It was eaten...one hitchhiker (vile weed) eating another (poor guy).
     
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  4. SushiGirl

    SushiGirl Barracuda

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    LMAO! I opened this expecting to see an aiptasia-eating brittle starfish, not an aiptasia eating a brittle starfish!

    Poor little starfish!
     
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  5. vankirk

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    Wow:eek: cool pic! thanks for sharing.
     
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  6. irr0001

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    That's what I thought too! Just shows why you have to melt them.

    Ivan
     
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  7. GjB

    GjB Skunk Shrimp

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    Yeah by the time I walked in the room, half of the star was already digested, lol. I took this pic right away. The anemone ate very slowly but died very quickly when he got a dose of Aiptasia X.
     
    GjB, Jan 13, 2011
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  8. clarky2120

    clarky2120 Bubble Tip Anemone

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    kind of like he got his last meal before being sentenced to death
     
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  9. GjB

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    Haha yup
     
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