SO guys i got a brittle sea star a while back like 9 months ago and today when i did my water change and the water was still foggy i notice 2 smaller brittle sea stars how is that possible when i only have 1 do they not need another one to produce there actually decent size 2 the babys there like like 3 inches big and i never notice them till now PLZ answer me im confuse lol Thnx
Brittle sea star
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Noaconstrictor
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Look up micro brittle stars. Excellent and interesting part of cuc
Mike Johnson
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Spiny Brittle Stars are different sexes; it does take two. Fertilization is external; oocytes combine with spermatozoa to for a zygote, which hatches into a larvae. The larvae floats around for a few weeks and then becomes a baby Spiny Brittle Star. A lot like or just like sea urchins.