Star ID???

[bucky1168]

I need some help on ID this star. It is about 1 inch in diameter and white with tanish brown bands around the legs. This hide in the rocks. It resembles a small brittle star. Are they bad? Thanks

[chewie]

They are good. great part of a clean up crew, and they reproduce quickly in the right conditions.

Years back, I paid $20 for 6 of them.

Good critter.

[aqua-ed]

Good ol' brittle stars. You tend to get them as stow aways on live rock. I have quite a few in my tank, a lot of times I don't see anything but their arms reaching out like worms.

[Nyles]

I have literally thousands of those, there fine, they love to filter feed, commonly referred to as mini brittle star.

[bucky1168]

Good. I do have a bunch of them. The one thing I notice is I don't seem to have but only a couple of bristle worms. I use to see them quite a bit but since the stars have taken over, I don't rarely see them. Do they eat the bristle worms? Thanks for the help. If they were bad, I don't know how I would get them out. 20 dollars for 6 of them??? Wow, I could make a fortune if they were still selling for that. Jim

[Nyles]

Since they have become dense in my tank I have seen a large hit on my pods and worm population, but I added a hawkfish a year ago as well and he loves to eat the bristle worms, so they tend to not come out, but I do see them when I move large things and flip them over.
Who knows....

[Ronjunior]

Check your tank after the lights go out with a flashlight Bucky, that's when I see the bristleworms here and there coming out of the rocks.

[bucky1168]

Check your tank after the lights go out with a flashlight Bucky, that's when I see the bristleworms here and there coming out of the rocks.

Thats when I see the ones I have seen. I know they are there. I just don't seem to see them as much. I feel much better knowing these stars are safe.

[bucky1168]

Thanks again for the help. Everybody seems to be very helpful on this web site.