Tiny star fish?

[Fishfanatic]

Hi I have a bunch of tiny little star fish that look sorta like brittle stars but are very small. They hide all the time but I occasionally see one out, and I always see a leg sticking out of the rock here or there. They are to small and shy to get a pic worth posting. I was just wondering if anyone knows what they are? and are they good or bad?

[niloc16]

they are a type of brittle star and will stay quite small. i had a lot of them in my 55 gallon, never did any harm

[G1GY]

They are detritus star fish and are great scavangers to have. :)

[Fishfanatic]

Do they breed like crazy because I bought one piece of live rock that had maybe 20 on it and now I would say I have at least 500.

[G1GY]

Do they breed like crazy because I bought one piece of live rock that had maybe 20 on it and now I would say I have at least 500.


If there's enough food to support the population they will.

[andresont]

harlequin shrimp will take care of this if there is not too many.
http://images.google.ca/images?svnum=10&hl=en&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=harlequin+shrimp&spell=1

[Kronk]

Any idea on how many of these starfish a halequin eats? i hear the shrimp is a very selective eater and if the population is gone the shrimp will starve.. reason i ask is i am eager to get another invert

Cheers,
Ken