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Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / February 2005Removing brittle stars from LR?
Hi all, Recently I was looking into my 'fuge pondering whether my inability to keep macro alive was a good thing or a bad thing, when I noticed hundreds of tiny arms waving at me... some brittle stars must have spawned as I've got hundreds of tiny baby ones. Thing is, I'd like to move some into the main aquarium, and possibly raise some and sell them... but the only rock I had in the refugium was bits & pieces of rubble. I don't really want to put it in the main tank, and I don't know if the brittle stars would leave if I did. Does anyone have any ideas on how I can get them out of the rock? I tried giving a small piece a FW dip, but no luck. Or should I just leave things be? Cheers, Stu | Hi all, | [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] | tried giving a small piece a FW dip, but no luck. | Or should I just leave things be? Place the LR with the stars in the display for a day or 2. Many, if not most, will move off in search of space that hasn't been picked clean of food. You can then put the rock back in the fuge. > Place the LR with the stars in the display for a day or 2. Many, if > not most, will move off in search of space that hasn't been picked > clean of food. You can then put the rock back in the fuge. Sorry I probably should have been more clear - they are in the rock, not on it, and are unlikely to leave unless REALLY hungry or they outgrow the rock. I'm guessing they filter feed too. There's certainly less detritus in the fuge than the display, and they haven't left their rock. Stu > Recently I was looking into my 'fuge pondering whether my inability to > keep macro alive was a good thing or a bad thing, when I noticed > hundreds of tiny arms waving at me... some brittle stars must have > spawned as I've got hundreds of tiny baby ones. > Thing is, I'd like to move some into the main aquarium, and possibly > raise some and sell them... I would rather bet these are tiny adult britle stars - common in the refugiums - they never grow into a show-size stars available in stores. The biggest I was able to see in my tank were 1" arm tip to arm tip. Consider them rather a part of your cleaning/janitorial crew. Little tiny white ones with fuzzy arms? If so that is about as big as they will get. But they are great detriovours (sp) >Hi all, > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > >  SignatureRic Seyler > Little tiny white ones with fuzzy arms? > If so that is about as big as they will get. > But they are great detriovours (sp) No, not like the one on Marc's page (www.melevsreef.com/id). They are brown, banded, and with 6 arms. I'm fairly certain they're the same as some others I've seen in the display - one in particular has arms at least 6" long, and has never left its piece of rock (probably doesn't have room to get out anymore). I'll try to get some pics tonight. Cheers, Stu Ok, I've got some pics... A heap of them in a small piece of rock: http://sswain.tripod.com/tank/inrock.jpg I managed to gently break apart a tiny chip to remove this little fella: http://sswain.tripod.com/tank/star1.jpg http://sswain.tripod.com/tank/star2.jpg Showing scale - about 20mm long when stretched out: http://sswain.tripod.com/tank/star3.jpg It's interesting to note how the three legs that were kept inside the rock haven't grown as much as the other three. I've seen a couple of them on the glass in the fuge and they were the same. And for something different... something that shouldn't have 6 legs: http://sswain.tripod.com/tank/6legged.jpg :) Cheers, Stu |
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