jimmerpro Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 There are at least a few of these little black (with lite bands) starfish that are on some rock with coral I just picked up. The are almost the diameter of a quarter. Body is about a millimeter. Should I try to keep them out of my tank? Thanks. Link to comment
khriistian Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 They are good to have. They are bristle stars. Link to comment
Dr.Brain Coral Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 +1 they mean your tank is doing good Link to comment
jimmerpro Posted September 6, 2014 Author Share Posted September 6, 2014 Cool! Thanks! Link to comment
aviator300 Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 I think it is "Brittle and not Bristle stars. Link to comment
Mstefa1 Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 There are at least a few of these little black (with lite bands) starfish that are on some rock with coral I just picked up. The are almost the diameter of a quarter. Body is about a millimeter. Should I try to keep them out of my tank? Thanks. Tons of these I received with my live rock. I do get a few in on corals, but they usually get nuked by the coral dip. Are you dipping your corals? Link to comment
jimmerpro Posted September 7, 2014 Author Share Posted September 7, 2014 Corol was from a friend not a store. So I didn't want to nuke ......aka dip. Wanted the large live rock alive. Link to comment
Mstefa1 Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 Corol was from a friend not a store. So I didn't want to nuke ......aka dip. Wanted the large live rock alive. Dipping won't kill the bacteria present in the rock. I dip everything I get from my friends. Link to comment
cindyp Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 i just got a mini brittle star hitchhiker too. so excited to have it. they are sought after so hooray! Link to comment
hey Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 Quite stoked I noticed mine have started reproducing, got a few little itty bitty ones like pencil eraser size running around now Link to comment
frankdr Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 I've got at least a dozen of them wandering around the rocks. They are especially active in the evening and when there's food in the water. I've seen them crawling over all kinds of coral with no ill effects that I can discern. Link to comment
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