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[michaust]

I know it's a brittle star but I'm not sure if it's a tiger striped or if it's a green mean one can anyone help

 

[Zoey]

I know it's a brittle star but I'm not sure if it's a tiger striped or if it's a green mean one can anyone help

Its not a green mean one i dont think, ive got a giant green brittle and its legs are the same colour all the way down

 

[michaust]

Wasn't sure I also have a tiger stripe in there but he is brown and black the green just makes me wonder

 

[Zoey]

if you can still see it and want to make sure try getting some food down to it and im sure it will come out so you can get a better look.

 

[michaust]

I've gotten a good look it is green with tiger stripes and it has six legs not five

 

[Zoey]

Have you recently put new rock in? what size is it?

 

[Eckolancer]

How big is the body of the starfish? If dime size or smaller you could watch him for a while he shouldn't do any harm to fish at that size. Unless you have very tiny fish. Once the bad ones get to quarter size that's when they start causing issues.

 

[michaust]

Yeah just added more rock yesterday 29 gallon bio cube 19 lbs of rock just started a week ago first tank

 

[michaust]

The body is a lot smaller than a dime the pic is zoomed in

 

[Zoey]

I dont think you have anything to worry about, think its just a brittle star

 

[michaust]

Do you think having two brittle stars in a 29 gallon tank is a bad idea?

 

[Zoey]

What are your plans for fish and other clean up crew?

 

[michaust]

I sent a pm

 

[R eef]

I have what looks like slug, 3cm x 1cm, across its length the bottom half is yellow brown and top half is purple, at first I was wondering how my coralline algae was moving!?! Only comes out at night... Any idea?

 

[Nibejeebies]

New thing I can't figure out what it is... It's small about a size of a ball point pen head
Have several on the glass around the heaters and there is some where around 15-20 now.

 

[KJ]

New thing I can't figure out what it is... It's small about a size of a ball point pen head

Spirorbid worm.

 

[Nibejeebies]

thanks KJ! *** runs off to google**

 

[KJ]

thanks KJ! *** runs off to google**

YW

 

[Rookie J]

So I noticed these on a couple plugs. Any idea what they are ? Thought they might be flatworms but all the coral are doing fine.

Side note I found this guy last week in a new acro I got. It's called a machine gun coral shrimp.

 

[Lionfish Lair]

That's a cute name. I've only heard them referred to as plain ole Coral Shrimp, but I like your common name better.

Those are regular ole flatworms.