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Originally Posted by BoomerD  How big is this thing? There are the tiny (1/2") microbrittles that are very common with live rock, then there are the "normal sized" (my last one had about 14" legs and 1-1/2 to 2" body) ones that you generally have to buy. Those get pretty large, although in my experience, only the green brittle is bothersome to fish...the rest are just good scavengers. |
Well I've never seen him outside the crevices in this piece of live rock, but he's definitely no micro. Easily four or five inches from exposed arm tip to tip, so he's not huge, but I think he's of the sort that you'd normally have to purchase.
I only see him at night, and when I throw a small flashlight on him he pulls his arms in pretty quickly. But he looks to be kind of a sandy gray color. I can see some faint black and white bars, but no where near as defined as I've seen on Harlequin Serpents at the LFS. But I'm still not really clear on how to tell the difference between a brittle and a serpent.
And this is probably silly, but do I need to be concerned that he's stuck in the rock? I mean it's very porous so there's probably plenty of room for him. But it's not a very large piece and I'd hate for him to be trapped.