I have a few of these and each has their own rock to live under. I want to remove one of the rocks, so two of them would need to share. Will they live together peacefully?
Can two brittle stars live peacefully together under the same rock?
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fishywishy
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I have multiple living in one rock so i would say yes.
If there is space then yes. They might find another rock and sleep under / against it
vaguelyreeflike
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Brittle and serpent stars are very peaceful as far as I’m aware. I currently have a black lightning brittle and banded serpent who share a rock and their arms touch all the time
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Thanks everyone!
jabberwock
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If they sleep under the same rock, you may end up with babies! Is that how the starfish do? I don't even know...
vaguelyreeflike
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Most brittle stars/starfish in general are broadcast spawners, theyll typically go to the top of a rock together and the males release sperm (sometimes a pink color) and females will release eggs, they fertilize in the water collumn and float away to hatch.
I learned this when I caught about 20 of my mini brittles and had them in about 2 cups of water, 20mins later the water was pink and cloudy and they were all waving around. I dumped it all back into the tank and roughly a month later I had thousands of brittles lol
vaguelyreeflike
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I’m sure it’s more like hundreds but all the arms I find sometimes is whacky, especially when the tank is being fed heavily/cleaned less. These are the tiny ones that don’t get more than 2-3” across though, not sure if it would work the same for larger species or be as profitable haha
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