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MotorCityBadBoy
01/13/2009, 06:05 PM
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/574/208490mystery_1_.jpg
just bought about 100 lbs of live rock over the past three days. I completly expected the bristle worms and various other hitch hikers....But i crept up on the tank.... lights out...hit it with the flash light and saw this.....Looks like the body type of a serpent star...but its coloration is green and brown....or green and red...cant really tell...Thanks in advance...

staninct
01/13/2009, 06:37 PM
How big is it? It looks like a brittle star, nice find in your LR!

MotorCityBadBoy
01/13/2009, 06:39 PM
its very small..Body size like a pin head...arms definitely less than an inch.... Never seen this color...So....It's not a killer?????

dalston
01/13/2009, 07:07 PM
Thats the good stuff right there :)

sandrifter
01/13/2009, 07:07 PM
mini brittle

MotorCityBadBoy
01/13/2009, 07:20 PM
This is a little freaky...I just crept up on the tank again...I counted six of these things!! This cant be good...I want them out!

dalston
01/13/2009, 07:37 PM
Why do you want them out? just don't like the look of them? they are benificial

MotorCityBadBoy
01/13/2009, 07:41 PM
U might be right...but after checking yet again...My count is up to at least 10....It's becomming obvious that my live rock was obviously the host for a pregnant female with eggs...I'm just not sure 1 or 2....but 10!...At least!

J.russell
01/13/2009, 08:32 PM
10 is better than 1 or 2 :)

Jman13
01/13/2009, 08:38 PM
let em grow and then see if ur aquarium store wants em,the ones around me give u store credit, but i dont know about stars, ask!

D_Hood87
01/13/2009, 09:16 PM
Jman13 brought up somthing i have been doing. i bought a 13lb pice of Fiji that had no lie hundreds of them, all i saw was little arms sticking out from everywhere now i harvest them and sell them to 2 or 3 LFS for $8 a dozen and i have been doing this for quite a few months and have made 3 or 4x the price of the rock so far..

you know in this hobby you alwayse need the extra $$$ so just somthing to think about

Salamander
01/13/2009, 09:21 PM
I'd bet that's just a little brittle star species and not babies. I've had tons for years and they've never gotten more than 1/4 inch. Good guys to have. 10 is good but more is better.

MotorCityBadBoy
01/13/2009, 10:39 PM
Thanks guys! I feel better....I'll keep u guys posted!

sdtopgun
01/14/2009, 02:42 AM
brittle star...ppl pay for those, so those are good! haha

Sugar Magnolia
01/14/2009, 07:19 AM
:::GASP!!::: Remove them immediately!

And ship them to me.

spleify
01/14/2009, 07:47 AM
Yep mini brittle stars and very beneficial

MotorCityBadBoy
01/14/2009, 08:36 AM
LOL...Very funny Sugar Magnolia!

JEFFR259
01/14/2009, 05:03 PM
WOW- that photo makes it look like it's HUGE, but apparently it's pretty tiny :)