serpent starfish

Hello everyone, I received some corals today from Austin Aqua. 2 of the corals had the critters in the he below picture on them and they came off during the coral dip. I think they are brittle stars or serpent stars. Any help would be appreciated. Trying to decide if they should go in the tank.

About a week ago I bought a serpent star from my lfs, and was told it would be OK with my fish. After having a look online I've seen pretty mixed reviews on them, and a few people saying they can eat fish, I spent the 3 days trying to catch it because I was scared of it eating my firefish...

Hello everyone! I have a case of planaria flatworms in my Hammer and Octo garden, and I also have a red serpent star (along with other sea stars and a cleaner shrimp). Has anyone experience negative effect from Flatworm Exit and serpent stars, even when running carbon post-treatment?? Thanks!

Is it normal that my smaller damsel won’t stay away from my serpent star? Should I worry? It’s been picked on by my bigger damsel since added and always stayed near the top of the tank. Now it’s at the bottom and won’t leave whatever rock crevice my serpent goes into. They don’t seem agitated by...

I have 2 Red Serpent Starfish from the Bahamas available. They are $120 Free UPS Next Day Air Shipping. Very peaceful, great scavengers & reef safe. Pretty hard to come across.

Hi, I ordered a red serpent start Ophiderma squamosa and upon arrival it had 3 broken arms with the broken pieces in the bag(see picture below). The transportation was overnight from a reputed seller who has offered to reimburse me. I am not still sure what could have happened any ideas? I...

Could someone who's had a red serpent stafish in a reef tank chime in with their insight? I'd really appreciate it :) I found this old thead about it, but it's vague. It's unclear if there are multiple species of red serpent starfish, and if they are all reef safe. I just ordered a Red Serpent...