Brittle star?

[Ariellorca]

Hi guys can anyone identify this looks like a brittle star, super tiny found it on a frag. Is it beneficial to have in a 10g nano. Hope it doesnt get to big.

Cheers

 

[StatelineReefer]

Brittle star... well... most of one. I have no sense of scale to this picture, but as long as it's in the 1-3" range he should be fine in a 10g nano.

 

[Ariellorca]

Brittle star... well... most of one. I have no sense of scale to this picture, but as long as it's in the 1-3" range he should be fine in a 10g nano.

Hey buddy it's the size of my thumb nail maximum the size of a one dollar coin. It looks like it has three more tiny legs which havent grown.

It looks like it's a red and white, I hear green ones are aggressive. You think it's safe?

 

[Copingwithpods]

Looks like a standard micro star, good cuc

 

[StatelineReefer]

Hey buddy it's the size of my thumb nail maximum the size of a one dollar coin. It looks like it has three more tiny legs which havent grown.

It looks like it's a red and white, I hear green ones are aggressive. You think it's safe?

Brittle stars are mostly scavengers, good for cleaning up an overfeeding or detritus issue.

Just "Green ones" or "Banded ones" isn't exactly a good description for starfish, because there can be dozens of conspecifics, but I've never personally had a particularly aggressive starfish. Serpent stars are more the ones that tend to be labelled as 'mad killers', although I haven't seen this attribute personally either.

 

[Ariellorca]

Brittle stars are mostly scavengers, good for cleaning up an overfeeding or detritus issue.

Just "Green ones" or "Banded ones" isn't exactly a good description for starfish, because there can be dozens of conspecifics, but I've never personally had a particularly aggressive starfish. Serpent stars are more the ones that tend to be labelled as 'mad killers', although I haven't seen this attribute personally either.

Someone on facebook reef group, Id'd this as a serpent . What's everyones thoughts one the kind of the star

 

[Chefwheredyougo]

brittle

 

[Copingwithpods]

Even if it is a serpent star (their larger cousins growing up to a foot) it is still a pretty reef safe member of the clean up crew.

 

[Ariellorca]

Thanks every one hes going in