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Old 01-13-2014, 04:10 AM
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Is anyone able to ID this star for me? It crawled out of a torch that I had dipped when I brought it home. I'm thinking it's some sort of brittle, but not sure if it is good or bad. He's chilling in my QT. Sorry for the blurriness, Iphone pic.

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Old 01-13-2014, 04:15 AM
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Brittle starfish. Good CUC.
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Old 01-14-2014, 04:16 PM
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Is it normal for it to have 8 legs?
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I have a ton of theses in my tank and have had no problems. I have so many that when I clean my filter socks there is usually up to 100 of them in the socks so I flip some into my other tank my blue spot puffer loves them.

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And I can't find any to purchase. No idea where to get them.
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And I can't find any to purchase. No idea where to get them.
You can purchase the big ones but small ones are only available as hitchhickers.
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I've only heard of the green ones being predatory towards fish. I've personally never seen one that particular color though so can't say for sure.

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Old 01-14-2014, 08:18 PM
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And I can't find any to purchase. No idea where to get them.
If more of these little dudes pop up in my tank, you can have them!
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I'm willing to give u some in trade.
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Brittle stars are a common hitchhiker on live rock and coral most are relatively harmless and a good CUC
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