I only have 1 brittle star that I know of and he's not really mini. He's not one of the big ones either. Wouldn't mind some if the small ones.
Back when my 380 gallon was running I had a 12' Baseodiscus mexicanus in the display. Fully stretched out, it was over 20' in length, but when relaxed, closer to 12' it stayed curled up in a giant ball during the day, half hidden in a hole in one of the rocks, and a pair of ocellaris clowns treated it like an anemone. It ate bristleworms, and occasionally a clam on the half shell. Never bothered any other inhabitants. I used to catch the big bristleworms from the 150 gallon stock tank sump/refugium and feed them to it at night with tongs. It would latch onto them and pull them into the rockwork, and there would be an empty husk of a bristleworm in the morning. It looked like a giant zebra striped tapeworm. Accidentally killed it when I didn't think about it and treated the tank with praziquantel. Prazi kills flatworms, and it was a giant flatworm.
Well that is nightmare fuel bit also Awesome!!!!!Back when my 380 gallon was running I had a 12' Baseodiscus mexicanus in the display. Fully stretched out, it was over 20' in length, but when relaxed, closer to 12' it stayed curled up in a giant ball during the day, half hidden in a hole in one of the rocks, and a pair of ocellaris clowns treated it like an anemone. It ate bristleworms, and occasionally a clam on the half shell. Never bothered any other inhabitants. I used to catch the big bristleworms from the 150 gallon stock tank sump/refugium and feed them to it at night with tongs. It would latch onto them and pull them into the rockwork, and there would be an empty husk of a bristleworm in the morning. It looked like a giant zebra striped tapeworm. Accidentally killed it when I didn't think about it and treated the tank with praziquantel. Prazi kills flatworms, and it was a giant flatworm.
Pretty cool, just obviously needs a big tank. And if anything tried to eat it, it would produce a purple noxious slime/substance in the water, that I'm assuming is also poisonous. It would drive the skimmer nuts. I always ran fresh carbon, skimmed heavily, kept the tank well aerated, and the Angelfish only tried nipping at it twice (Koran and lemonpeel). Even the triggerfish knew to avoid it.
I actually like bubble algae as well, never had it take over in a tank. I love finding the giant ones here in St Kitts, some are literally 3" across. The locals call them sea pearls when they wash up on the beach, because they get a shiny appearance when they get huge.
Mine pops up when my crabs get lazy or they molt and hide for 2 or 3 days. I just got in scrape it off and suck it out of the tank. But I really wish my emeralds wouldn't get lazy every now and then.
I have tons of mini brittle stars…if you’re ever in VA, you’re welcome to some!
Saw that too
They almost always have an after sale. They’ll announce it here, on their website, and send out an email if you’re on their list. Great people to deal with!
Nicest packed corals I have ever received. Always arrive warm and healthy, even in the dead of winter in Michigan. There's a reason I order so many frags online, and always order from AquaSD. None of the other online vendors compare in health, quality, or price. And the AquaSD corals actually look like they do in the sale pictures, which is a lot more than most other online vendors using pure blue lighting and yellow camera lenses
I've never had a coral come dead or dying. Worst thing I ever had was a zoa polyp pop off a frag plug from the others and I glued it to a new frag plug and made a frag of that zoa right away! I've never gotten a wet box even. Most things come triple or double bagged. I don't think they single bag anything.
Yea I'm pretty surprised with the shipping cost. I'll be honest, that's what drew me in. Is that a normal shipping cost for them or is that just for the live sales?
