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Authentic · 08/14/2011, 07:34 AM

I just noticed a tiny creature in the crack of a rock,too small to take a photo, I can see 3 hairlike tentacles that are banded light and dark.some type of starfish? It's so small I'm sure it's not a problem and obviously a hitchhiker.thoughts?

Ron Reefman · 08/14/2011, 07:45 AM

Probably a mini sea star or some kind of worm, like a spaghetti worm(?)... could be a lot of things, some good and maybe some not so good. I know you said it's too small to take a photo, but if it's big enough that you can see color banding on the legs/tentacles then you need to try a pic... or get a better camera. LOL

MJB1224 · 08/14/2011, 08:02 AM

It sounds like a tiny brittle star which is a good thing.

Does it look like this?

Authentic · 08/14/2011, 08:03 AM

That's it! So what's good about it? And how big will it get?

MJB1224 · 08/14/2011, 08:11 AM

They are a mini clean up crew and get in places that most things can't. They won't get any bigger than it already is.

Lynnmw1208 · 08/14/2011, 09:06 AM

This mini brittles are great. They stay in the rocks and clean up the stuff that settles there. They will multiply if there is food for them. You will hardly see them come out, just their legs swaying from inside the rock

08/14/2011, 07:34 AM	#1
Authentic Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 1,030	Id ? I just noticed a tiny creature in the crack of a rock,too small to take a photo, I can see 3 hairlike tentacles that are banded light and dark.some type of starfish? It's so small I'm sure it's not a problem and obviously a hitchhiker.thoughts?

08/14/2011, 07:45 AM	#2
Ron Reefman Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Cape Coral, FL Posts: 10,431	Probably a mini sea star or some kind of worm, like a spaghetti worm(?)... could be a lot of things, some good and maybe some not so good. I know you said it's too small to take a photo, but if it's big enough that you can see color banding on the legs/tentacles then you need to try a pic... or get a better camera. LOL __________________ The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it. (Neil deGrasse Tyson) Visit my build thread http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2593017

08/14/2011, 08:02 AM	#3
MJB1224 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Pottstown PA Posts: 54	It sounds like a tiny brittle star which is a good thing. Does it look like this? __________________ 180 Mixed Reef, 3x250 Radiums/Reeflex ballast, 55 Gallon sump/fuge.

08/14/2011, 08:11 AM	#5
MJB1224 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Pottstown PA Posts: 54	They are a mini clean up crew and get in places that most things can't. They won't get any bigger than it already is. __________________ 180 Mixed Reef, 3x250 Radiums/Reeflex ballast, 55 Gallon sump/fuge.

08/14/2011, 09:06 AM	#6
Lynnmw1208 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Brunswick, Ohio Posts: 3,306	This mini brittles are great. They stay in the rocks and clean up the stuff that settles there. They will multiply if there is food for them. You will hardly see them come out, just their legs swaying from inside the rock __________________ equipment: Eshopps psk-200 skimmer, Mag 12 pump, 30gal sump, 2x 300w Finnex heaters, glass-holes 1500gph overflow kit with 3/4" return kits, 72" 8x36w t-5 AquaticLife light, 66lbs of LR, 150lbs of tropic eden reeflakes, 2 Koralia Evo 1400, JBJ ATO, BRS dual GFO/carbon reactors, Hydor smartwave Current Tank Info: 125gallon

08/14/2011, 08:03 AM	#4
Authentic Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 1,030	That's it! So what's good about it? And how big will it get?