Small banded brittle starfish

tmbar19 · #1 11-10-2008, 08:10 PM

I have a 34 gal. with oodles of little blue/green banded brittle starfish. They seem to reproduce quite rapidly, and I believe only grow to about 3". Can anyone tell me more about these little pygmys? I used to have a serpent starfish, but I'm pretty sure that these are an entirely, much smaller, species. I love them in my Max biocube, but have a large number of them. Should I try to sell them?
Thanks,
Marianne 403-722-3544 Caroline, Alberta

Matt · #2 11-10-2008, 09:23 PM

If you find a market for them, let me know. I have quite a few of them in my 10g nano. I was thinking of getting a harlequin shrimp, but decided I liked the little critters.

Pier Pressure · #3 11-10-2008, 09:57 PM

Yeah I think these guys are one of the only freebies we get in the saltwater game. I have tons of them in my 28 gallon. All I ever see of them is the odd little arm hanging out of a rock at feeding time. How would you even be able to get them out of there?

2manytanks · #4 11-11-2008, 01:01 AM

Just enjoy them. They're doing a good job at helping keep your tank clean. At any rate, there's probably not an aquarium out there without them, so they'd probably be worth about a penny a dozen. I used to like watching them come out by the hundreds to crawl over the rocks and float on the current through the tanks at night.

tmbar19 · #5 11-12-2008, 03:21 AM

As to how to get them out of the tank, they siphon out of the sand and each time I pick out a rock, they drop off of it. I like them too. If anyone needs/wants some, I'm at Caroline and have thousands of them! I don't think they get bigger than a couple of inches(??).
403-722-3544 Marianne

BC564 · #6 11-13-2008, 06:49 PM

I wouldnt mind adding a few of these guys...I have some but none with blue/green bands.

tmbar19 · #7 11-22-2008, 08:12 PM

Too bad you're so far away.