Star shaped hitchhiker

Miamialum620 · May 1, 2020

Just got a delivery of coral and during the dip I noticed a few things come off. One of them was this star shaped little guy. The others were a little too small to photograph properly. Any ideas?

Sparkymarc · May 1, 2020

Micro brittle starfish. Good CUC

muzikalmatt · May 1, 2020

That's a micro brittle starfish. Good hitchhiker!

They are a great member of the clean up crew as they can get inside the crevices of your rock work and clean where other CUC members can't reach. I have a ton of them in my tank and they are super fun to feed. When you feed your fish they will typically stick their legs out of the rock work and you can feed them pellets or chunks of mysis. It's fun to watch them grab it and bring it into the rocks to eat.

Fishy212 · May 1, 2020

Kinda looks like this guy

https://www.liveaquaria.com/product/735/?pcatid=735

Miamialum620 · May 1, 2020

The other 2 things I found were almost flea like in appearance. One was a little larger and had a yellowish-green color to it while the other was more brown.

muzikalmatt · May 1, 2020

Miamialum620 said:
The other 2 things I found were almost flea like in appearance. One was a little larger and had a yellowish-green color to it while the other was more brown.

Can't say for sure without a picture but amphipods kind of look like fleas to me.