Brittle Seastar

[Travis Stewart]

So I’ve seen them in my tank and know they are big on clean up. Weirdly, I did a water change and when lights went out, literally all of them are out and about. Reasons why???

 

[Travis Stewart]

BUMP

 

[sfin52]

Did you stir up the sand. Did you blow off the rocks.

 

[Rip Van Winkle]

My guess would be that these animals are nocturnal and since there was also a WC, it mimiced the natural tidal movement that would happen on a beach, making them come out to forage.

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Double check a salinity change , but it's likey food and oxygenation.

 

[Travis Stewart]

Small increase in salinity (on purpose) but yes it was crazy and nothing I’ve ever seen before.