strange legs? - Aquarium Advice

JDogg · 03-05-2008, 08:24 PM

ok i still can not account for the loss of my peppermint shrimp and clown fish. i set a trap (glass with some shrimp waited down in the bottom) a couple nights and caught nothing but my snails.

tonight however in noticed in one of the larger holes in my LR three white legs hanging down from the top of the hole. legs is not really the right term though, more tentacles. they are defiantly invert legs, but they show no sign of an exoskeleton so i am ruling out arthropods, they more like tentacles with no obvious joints. they are white in color. i tried shining a light into the hole, the tentacles retracted but i could see no sign of the rest of the animal and i could see in the hole rather well.

any thought or suggestions would be great!

TIA

Sadielynn · 03-05-2008, 09:23 PM

Those sound like they could be brittle stars ...harmless detravores great little hitchhiker to get

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They also have a white looking tenical as well ... Can you get pics

JDogg · 03-05-2008, 09:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sadielynn

Those sound like they could be brittle stars ...harmless detravores great little hitchhiker to get

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They also have a white looking tenticles as well ... Can you get pics

too small what ever the creature is, it's tentacles are only a cm or so long...

Sadielynn · 03-05-2008, 09:49 PM

The ones we have are no more than 1/2 inch and quite small enough to fit into small tight spaces

Kurt_Nelson · 03-06-2008, 12:36 AM

Yup... micro brittle stars. I've got lots of 'em in my tank. Fun to watch them wave their arms at feeding time.

03-05-2008, 08:24 PM	#1
JDogg Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Northfield, MN Posts: 2,208 Images: 12	strange legs? ok i still can not account for the loss of my peppermint shrimp and clown fish. i set a trap (glass with some shrimp waited down in the bottom) a couple nights and caught nothing but my snails. tonight however in noticed in one of the larger holes in my LR three white legs hanging down from the top of the hole. legs is not really the right term though, more tentacles. they are defiantly invert legs, but they show no sign of an exoskeleton so i am ruling out arthropods, they more like tentacles with no obvious joints. they are white in color. i tried shining a light into the hole, the tentacles retracted but i could see no sign of the rest of the animal and i could see in the hole rather well. any thought or suggestions would be great! TIA __________________ Follow my adventures into the land of Nano Reefs HERE http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n...f/DSC01648.jpg

03-05-2008, 09:23 PM	#2
Sadielynn Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 1,241	Those sound like they could be brittle stars ...harmless detravores great little hitchhiker to get Nanoreefing.Com :: View topic - Careful what you frag They also have a white looking tenical as well ... Can you get pics __________________ Sadielynn Nanoreefing site 2 nanos 10 gallons

03-05-2008, 09:49 PM	#4
Sadielynn Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 1,241	The ones we have are no more than 1/2 inch and quite small enough to fit into small tight spaces __________________ Sadielynn Nanoreefing site 2 nanos 10 gallons

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03-06-2008, 12:36 AM	#5
Kurt_Nelson Aquarium Advice Addict Community Mentor Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: WA Posts: 2,128 Images: 28	Yup... micro brittle stars. I've got lots of 'em in my tank. Fun to watch them wave their arms at feeding time.