Baby Serpent Sea Stars???

mp5150 · 03/29/2006, 05:55 AM

Morning all. This week I have noticed about ten or so little little white things grazing on algy off one of my rocks. They look like little Serpent Sea Stars about the size of a dime each. They only come our at night, and when some sort of light is turned on, the are gone with in a few minutes. I dont have any sort of star in my tank and am just curous 1. what they are and 2. how they got there 3. should and how could I rid my tank of them if they are bad. They havent bothered anything yet and hopefully wont. I havn't added anything to my tank in about three months or so and all that was were a few turbo snails. The biggest impact on my tank was last month when my anemone died. Any help would be great. I will take some pics tonight to show you...it is wild. Thanks all!

a4twenty · 03/29/2006, 06:06 AM

baby brittle stars often come long as hitchhikers on LR or Macro algae. a picture would really help, but they are hard to get . i have several in my refugium and they don't get much bigger than your thumbnail.

mp5150 · 03/29/2006, 07:45 AM

I hope they are not a bad thing, if in fact that is what they are.

Paintbug · 03/29/2006, 08:24 AM

baby bristle stars are great for the tank. they will multiply in your tank, and stay small. take a look here http://www.melevsreef.com/id/kritter1.html

mp5150 · 03/29/2006, 08:32 AM

Yep...thats them. Thank you so much for that picture. Boy, I feel like a new dad, but with 10 babies! Thanks all for the info!

sttroyiii · 03/29/2006, 09:01 AM

They aren't bad. They are part of your clean up crew.

mp5150 · 03/29/2006, 11:47 AM

Great!

kingtoad · 03/29/2006, 11:52 AM

I spotted a very tiny one yesterday. :hs:

03/29/2006, 05:55 AM	#1
mp5150 Registered Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Portland, Maine Posts: 191	Baby Serpent Sea Stars??? Morning all. This week I have noticed about ten or so little little white things grazing on algy off one of my rocks. They look like little Serpent Sea Stars about the size of a dime each. They only come our at night, and when some sort of light is turned on, the are gone with in a few minutes. I dont have any sort of star in my tank and am just curous 1. what they are and 2. how they got there 3. should and how could I rid my tank of them if they are bad. They havent bothered anything yet and hopefully wont. I havn't added anything to my tank in about three months or so and all that was were a few turbo snails. The biggest impact on my tank was last month when my anemone died. Any help would be great. I will take some pics tonight to show you...it is wild. Thanks all!

03/29/2006, 08:24 AM	#4
Paintbug Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Stoneville, NC Posts: 6,169	baby bristle stars are great for the tank. they will multiply in your tank, and stay small. take a look here http://www.melevsreef.com/id/kritter1.html __________________ Never ask a girl over to see your crabs!! <-Tony-> Current Tank Info: NONE currently

03/29/2006, 06:06 AM	#2
a4twenty Premium Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 2,603	baby brittle stars often come long as hitchhikers on LR or Macro algae. a picture would really help, but they are hard to get . i have several in my refugium and they don't get much bigger than your thumbnail.

03/29/2006, 07:45 AM	#3
mp5150 Registered Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Portland, Maine Posts: 191	I hope they are not a bad thing, if in fact that is what they are.

03/29/2006, 08:32 AM	#5
mp5150 Registered Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Portland, Maine Posts: 191	Yep...thats them. Thank you so much for that picture. Boy, I feel like a new dad, but with 10 babies! Thanks all for the info!

03/29/2006, 09:01 AM	#6
sttroyiii Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 378	They aren't bad. They are part of your clean up crew.

03/29/2006, 11:47 AM	#7
mp5150 Registered Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Portland, Maine Posts: 191	Great!

03/29/2006, 11:52 AM	#8
kingtoad Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 399	I spotted a very tiny one yesterday. :hs: