Hitchhiker

[randy4083]

What is this thing I just found it today and I don't know if it's good or bad

 

[Charlesbrooks]

What is this thing I just found it today and I don't know if it's good or bad

Looks like a (good) brittle star to me..

 

[randy4083]

I just looked on lionfishlairs page and that's what it looks like I think I just found this a little bit ago but they get big eventually right or do they stay small like this? Do they mess with corals or anything?

 

[GHsaltie]

The mini brittle stars don't get very large. None of the brittle stars typically cause issues, the ones you have to worry about are some of the serpent stars and sea stars with knobs such as the chocolate chip.

 

[randy4083]

I just found another one so I have atleast 2 if not more because the one that I showed you guy's is small compared to the one that I just found it's legs are longer on this one that I just found so there probably is more of them

 

[GHsaltie]

These guys spread a lot, if one gets damaged i.e. loses a leg, as long as there is part of the body attached to that leg it can regenerate into a new brittle star. I don't doubt you have more . They are nice guys to have around.