Jawfish and brittle star compatability

[ebayes11]

I just read this article on reefkeeping.com:

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-03/hcs3/index.htm

it says in there that you can't keep brittle stars, or starfish in general with jawfish. Anyone know why?

[Brett Wilson]

Because brittle stars will wander into the jawfishes hole, and **** of the jawfish forcing it to make a new home. This adds stress to the jawfish.
The same thing goes for tank with pistol/goby shrimp and brittle stars.

The stars mean no harm, they are just curious :D

[Brett Wilson]

Actually, now that I have read the article you are linking to, they are saying that the brittle starfish is a predator of the jawfish.

My above comments still hold true for brittle stars and serpent stars though :).

[JimD]

Yeah, I know why, brittle stars are ambush preditors, they will elevate their main disc over a jawfish burrow and pounce on the jaw when it surfaces... most starfish of the brittle kind are NOT compatible with jaws. There are however, acceptions, be carefull.

[ebayes11]

does that ban on stars apply only to brittle stars, or for other stars like linkia stars?