Brittle Sea Star

[FloridaNewbie]

What do you guys think of them ? good addition or bad ?

Thanks
Leo

 

[Innovator]

Brittle's pose a threat to smaller fish IME. I would much rather keep serpents.

 

[Florida8]

I have had a few come on live rock... never had an issue with them.

Hi from another Floridian,
Kimberly

 

[melosu58]

I`ve never had a brittle but I `ve had a few friends get rid of them for being too aggressive toward the smaller fish as James said.

 

[Devilishturtles]

Green Brittle Star = Fish eater.

Other species can resort to eating your livestock if not properly fed though.

Serpent stars, as stated, I believe are a lot calmer.

 

[Hara]

I have numerous brittles and serpents and never have had problems. I also have the "notorious green brittle" and havent had issues either. I also feed them regularly, so that could be why.

 

[FloridaNewbie]

well the reason i was asking, is because i got one today at the lfs, it is the red one, which some places say they are semi-aggresive and other places say they are peaceful. The one purchased is pretty small, so far everything is ok. When i fed the fish today, the brittle ate as well. So we'll see how everything goes

Leo

 

[roka64]

A red one, I haven't seen those, can you get a pic?

 

[tecwzrd]

I've never seen a red brittle also. Are you sure it's not a Red Serpent Sea Star?

I have a 8" brittle and it hasn't messed with any of my fish including the smaller ones. I hand feed it a small piece of raw shrimp every other week and it eats frozen as well when the fish do.

 

[DragonForce]

I would play it safe and get the serpent variety, the brown/grayish ones do a fantastic job.

 

[FloridaNewbie]

well she found a cave and i can only see the arms. but here is the exact star i have

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=1528

its dark red on top and light on the bottom.

 

[roka64]

Pretty cool! Thanks for the pics!

 

[animalparamedic]

I have a Brittle Star and he is totally cool... hangs out with my Cleaner shrimp and my Snowflake eel