Brittle or Serpent

[got bait?]

What is more friendly to the sessile inverts, the Brittle Star or the Serpent Star?

 

[Fluff]

I would go with a serpent star. My experience with large brittles is that they have been suspect to more than one fish disappearance.

 

[got bait?]

Kinda what I was thinking, I am more concerned with my peppermint shrimp and Arrow Crab. I would thind a Peppermint would make a nice little snack for a starfish.

 

[quarryshark]

I have a very large serpent and a very large red brittle, both at least a foot in width. Neither one bothers a thing. It's the green brittles you need to watch out for.
That being said, I do keep mine well fed so maybe I'm not a good model for this question.

 

[MT79]

YMMV with starfish, but DEFINITELY stay away from the green brittles as QS pointed out. FWIW, I'd go w/ a small serpent star.

 

[quarryshark]

I'd go w/ a small serpent star.

Agree.

 

[austinsdad]

I got a greyish pinkish brittle. Extremely mild. never see the disk. Only arms sticking out from behind the rock. Doesn't bother a soul.

So, get a grey brittle and a serpent?

 

[revhtree]

Serpant for me......

Hey Q, you have a star a foot in diameter????? 8O 8O 8O 8O Got to see that!

 

[quarryshark]

Hey Q, you have a star a foot in diameter????? Got to see that!

Have to come over about 2AM sometime. Its the only time they are totally out.
I once caught my serpent on the glass in the early AM, looked like a sea monster.

 

[revhtree]

Ok, I will be there about 1:55 tonight! See ya there....