Colin Tayler
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I bought a small piece of live rock from the LFS last week from one of their display tanks at the same time as I got my new Goby / shrimp pair - the idea was for them to use it as a burrow - of course they had other ideas!
Anyway, I then noticed we had a HH. At first I thought it was another bristle worm (we have three of them HH with live rock) but it was reddish and then I noticed it had at least three legs. To begin with I thought there were two worms close together (I could never see all of it because it was half in a rock crevice) but then when I was flicking through my Marine Invertebrates book I realised it may be a spiny brittle star.
Can anyone confirm this ID (or correct me) and also advise if I should keep or not - the description in the book says "can be a valuable addition to a reef aquarium CUC" but finishes with "may occasionally capture and eat an unwary fish"!
Thanks for your help.
Col
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Anyway, I then noticed we had a HH. At first I thought it was another bristle worm (we have three of them HH with live rock) but it was reddish and then I noticed it had at least three legs. To begin with I thought there were two worms close together (I could never see all of it because it was half in a rock crevice) but then when I was flicking through my Marine Invertebrates book I realised it may be a spiny brittle star.
Can anyone confirm this ID (or correct me) and also advise if I should keep or not - the description in the book says "can be a valuable addition to a reef aquarium CUC" but finishes with "may occasionally capture and eat an unwary fish"!
Thanks for your help.
Col