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11/20/2017, 08:10 PM | #1 |
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What kind of starfish is this???
So this must have hitchhiked on some frag I brought in over the last year, but in looking closely I have maybe a hundred of these things creeping around the bottom on my tank on my rockscape at this point (great to watch crawl around). They are the size of half of my pinky nail.
I am told they are harmless and typically present in well balanced tanks, is this true and anyone have a name/species for them? Cheers!
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11/20/2017, 08:28 PM | #2 |
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Mini brittle star
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11/20/2017, 08:53 PM | #3 |
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We have so many of those. Very cool and kinda cryptic.
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11/21/2017, 08:24 AM | #4 |
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A very important part of your CUC
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11/21/2017, 09:55 AM | #5 |
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Brittle star, serpent star, yup, good for CUC, may irritate some corals as it quite fast when food is dropped in. No problem.
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11/21/2017, 10:56 AM | #6 |
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Thanks for the info. They are great to watch, another great little surprise as I in now in year 2 of this hobby. My cleaner shrimp are the bigger challenge stealing food from my corals....
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11/22/2017, 05:41 PM | #12 |
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I'm in Wicker Park in the city. Lovely weather we're all having :/
My favorite LFS used to be a local one called New Fish. Great little place with lots of inverts and a big frag tank with all kinds of goodies. Went out of business 8 months or so ago I haven't been to Reefwise yet, but it sounds like I need to make a trip soon. |
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