Brittle Starfish ate my Torch

[AptasiaKilla]

I recently introduced a Torch into my tank and it was thriving for about 4 days… Came home from work and noticed it was missing flesh, took a closer look and seen there was a Brittle Starfish consuming my Torch. I removed THE pest, but there are several others in here and i’m concerned they may continue to eat my Euphilyias. Need tips on how to get rid of these guys and nurturing tips towards my Torch.

13.5 gallon tank and I have one fish (Firefish) with lots of coral. Looking for something that isn’t territorial and will eat something besides just starfish. Open to any suggestions or ideas!

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

You are mentioning plural brittle stars, are you referring to micro brittle stars? We all have a ton of these in our tanks, they are completely safe and I would not believe they had eaten your torch coral.

 

[twentyleagues]

Brittle star micro or not, I doubt it. Asterina maybe. Something else causing it probably. 4 days old is a good indication of something else.
Hows it doing today?

 

[Llyod276]

Looking at your other corals, looks to be mainly softies, maybe you just don't have the proper environment for a torch?
Ngl, your lightning looks sus.
Granted it's a still shot, but not really seeing movement one way or the other. Makes me wonder about flow. Hard to say. But I would check in to those.
but if it absolutely must die in your tank get a harlequin shrimp and they eradicate what they find and go from there, either return or let it starve...

 

[Crabs+Shrimps-69]

Looking at your other corals, looks to be mainly softies, maybe you just don't have the proper environment for a torch?
Ngl, your lightning looks sus.
Granted it's a still shot, but not really seeing movement one way or the other. Makes me wonder about flow. Hard to say. But I would check in to those.
but if it absolutely must die in your tank get a harlequin shrimp and they eradicate what they find and go from there, either return or let it starve...

I thought Harlequin shrimp don't eat brittle stars?

 

[winxp_man]

Saw a green brittle star eat a nem in my old tank, as I purchased it from the previous owner. Wish I had time to stop the tear down to record it haha.

 

[twentyleagues]

I thought Harlequin shrimp don't eat brittle stars?

As far as I have seen they do not. I had plenty of mini brittle stars and a couple full size ones too when I had my harly pair. They never messed with the brittles.