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[nrhk]

How to get rid of these..taking over my corals..brain coral dead..leather fingers shrinking from inside..many other SPS dying.

What is this ?

Please help

 

[Lionfish Lair]

Micro brittlestars. They are good guys and not the source of your issues.

 

[lightningreef2690]

Those are micro brittle stars, they arent known to attack corals and are usually seen as a valuable part of a reef clean up crew. My tank has hundreds in it and i have never witnessed one even show remote interest in coral.

 

[nrhk]

But they are crawling under my leathers and I can see my leather loosing its foot on the rock. I just catched these two by shaking the leather coral

 

[wattson]

send them my way,,

 

[donnievaz]

But they are crawling under my leathers and I can see my leather loosing its foot on the rock. I just catched these two by shaking the leather coral

If your leather is losing it's hold on the rock there's something else wrong. These guys are completely harmless and a valuable part of the cleanup crew.

 

[94Roarge]

But they are crawling under my leathers and I can see my leather loosing its foot on the rock. I just catched these two by shaking the leather coral

They spend most of their time hiding under things, so the foot of the leather would probably have had a little gap already and they were just using it for a safe spot. My .02