bucky1168 Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewie Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aqua-ed Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyles Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 I have literally thousands of those, there fine, they love to filter feed, commonly referred to as mini brittle star. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bucky1168 Posted December 6, 2007 Author Share Posted December 6, 2007 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyles Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 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.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronjunior Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bucky1168 Posted December 6, 2007 Author Share Posted December 6, 2007 Check your tank after the lights go out with a flashlight Bucky' date=' that's when I see the bristleworms here and there coming out of the rocks.[/quote'] 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bucky1168 Posted December 6, 2007 Author Share Posted December 6, 2007 Thanks again for the help. Everybody seems to be very helpful on this web site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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