I just saw a...?

ccsuzy · 10/06/2010, 10:31 AM

I just fed my tank some Rod's Reef food. This is only the second time I have fed this particular food. Both times I have seen a critter I have never seen before. Or maybe it's several critters...I don't have a picture. They look like long thin hairy black and white striped tentacles. They reach out from holes in the rock and when they find food, they will curl the tentacle around it and pull it back into the rock. They eat larger pieces of the food. They are in two separate places in my tank - in a mushroom rock and in a glove polyp colony. Any ideas as to what they might be? Thanks.

RLeclerc · 10/06/2010, 10:34 AM

sure its not a bristle starfish?

evsalty · 10/06/2010, 10:38 AM

Those are mini brittle stars. They are a great thing to have in your tank and will help to eat the food that would otherwise get trapped in your rocks.

ccsuzy · 10/06/2010, 10:42 AM

That's it! Mini Brittle Stars, they are so cute! I'm glad they are good things. Thanks so much for helping.

10/06/2010, 10:31 AM	#1
ccsuzy Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Indiana Posts: 48	I just saw a...? I just fed my tank some Rod's Reef food. This is only the second time I have fed this particular food. Both times I have seen a critter I have never seen before. Or maybe it's several critters...I don't have a picture. They look like long thin hairy black and white striped tentacles. They reach out from holes in the rock and when they find food, they will curl the tentacle around it and pull it back into the rock. They eat larger pieces of the food. They are in two separate places in my tank - in a mushroom rock and in a glove polyp colony. Any ideas as to what they might be? Thanks.

10/06/2010, 10:34 AM	#2
RLeclerc Registered Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 467	sure its not a bristle starfish? __________________ 60gal 48X24X12 3in Live Sand 70lbs+ LR 16 gal sump Protien Skimmer Phosban Reactor Koralia 2 and 3 6x54 t5ho 2 Picassos Clowns + H. Malu 1 Blue Tang 1 Yellow Tang 1 6 Line Wrasse Elegance Coral, Torch, Zoos, Maxima Clam, Richordias

10/06/2010, 10:38 AM	#3
evsalty hmmmmmm Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: NW Mesa, AZ Posts: 3,531	Those are mini brittle stars. They are a great thing to have in your tank and will help to eat the food that would otherwise get trapped in your rocks.

10/06/2010, 10:42 AM	#4
ccsuzy Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Indiana Posts: 48	That's it! Mini Brittle Stars, they are so cute! I'm glad they are good things. Thanks so much for helping.