baby brittle star?

[yankieman]

I dont have a very good camera so this is the best I could do but when looking at it, it has arms that look like a bristle worm its about the size of a nickle, and it looks like a baby brittle star to me but not sure any help? it came off the bottom of the frag pipe organ I got

 

[dmatt88]

You have my starfish vote.

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[Surfnut]

Dwarf serpent star.... Agreed. It may be a juvenile or a full grown specimen.

 

[yankieman]

well if thats the case then I will probably add him to my fuge tank and keep him should be interesting addition

 

[jjmoneyman]

If you have one, you likely have more depending on what it hitch hiked on.

 

[yankieman]

well it came in on the bottom of the plug for the pipe organ coral I got at MACNA but I dont see any more lurking on it,, but as long as its not something bad im ok with it,, and it was just a small frag so not to much room for more and I can see it pretty well ,, thanks guys

 

[yankieman]

they are ok right?

 

[PSU4ME]

yeah it is OK. I had a ton of them in my 90

 

[dmatt88]

they are ok right?

Boy that's a question for the experts here but I have them n have not noticed them to be any problem. I think their cool. Come to think of it I haven't seen any in a while. Wonder if they were mandarin or wrasse food?

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[yankieman]

good he will have a nice home in my fuge tank then

 

[PSU4ME]

alot of people do move them to the fuge but they will find their way into any art of the tank they want!

 

[Wave Rider]

I think I have the same thing, a lot of them. They stay in holes in the LR with one or two legs out in the current. I cannot see the color on yours from the pictures but mine are the colors of my Coral Banded Shrimp with a little deeper maroon stripe. Is that what yours looks like? I am glad to learn they are probably not an issue as they have multiplied quite a bit. I think the first one(s) came in on a plug with my Green Torch.

 

[smokinjoe2122]

Funny story, about a year or so ago I saw some of these at my LFS (Brittle and/or Serpent), and asked the woman working there if I could buy the live rock a few were climbing on. Well at the present time in my 10 gallon nano, you will see dozens of them, everywhere! Instead of tons pods, I have tons of mini stars - kinda cool

 

[yankieman]

I placed it in the fuge and havnt seen it since ,, lol