hundres of brittle start fish in my tank

[venupattabhi]

folks,

I have tens of brittle stars born every day in my tank, everywhere I see a starfish, these are tiny ones and they clog the suction chamber and they collect in the filter bag through which the water is returned to the sump, same thing with the bristle worms, they are everywhere they are growing big, none of these are hamring my corals or other fish though

is it a healthy sign that I have 100s of brittle starts in my tank or should I start controlling the population of these?

thanks

vevika

[Aquarist007]

you only need a couple--harvest them and offer them for sale--they are a very good member of a reef crew.

[Aquarist007]

sorry i forgot to say:

[welcome]

[steve1963]

I've got hundreds of asterinas,we should trade.lol.

[Aquarist007]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11488052#post11488052 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by steve1963
I've got hundreds of asterinas,we should trade.lol.

there you go:lol: :rollface: :lol:

How close are you to Hamilton---I'll take a bunch if you want---can only seem to get turbos here.

[t34418l3fit]

pics???

[steve1963]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11488213#post11488213 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by capn_hylinur
there you go:lol: :rollface: :lol:

How close are you to Hamilton---I'll take a bunch if you want---can only seem to get turbos here.

As you tangster on reefescape?

steve w.

[amike5]

I have thousands of brittles and asterinas. Anybody want some?

[LobsterOfJustice]

They are eating something. A healthy population is good, but too many might indicate you are overfeeding.

[supervdl]

Some wrasses should eat the brittle stars and bristle worms.

[rbrusletto]

I would love to have brittle stars!! I dont have any in any of my three tanks! Anybody decides to ship free to colorado, lemme know!

[Sk8r]

Do watch your feeding: they're thriving on something. They love your tank, but there wouldn't be so many if there weren't extra food for them. Start cutting back a little and see if that helps.

[xroads]

Buy some Harlequin shrimp. They are beautiful but will only eat starfish.