"CapFusion" CapeFussion...@hotmail.., com wrote in message ...
"Joe Cool" wrote in message
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I was told that among other things the star will eat algae. After I put
him in the tank what was left of the algae was gone in 8 hours. If this was
a coincidence let me know? What I wanted is to setup a good cleaning crew
before I added fish.

Do not use any sifting type critter on your LS unless you replenish them
regularly [not recommended]. As Pszemol suggested, use shrimp / snail etc
and Tang [yes, tang] for scanvenaging.

One small correction - I did not suggest shrimp - they are hunters,
not only scavengers. I saw one Lysmata amboinensis pulling a worm
from the crevice in the rock to eat it alive while the worm was
curling into a small ball - it did not help him alot...