Hitchhiker ID please

[Buffy]

Please identify, thanks

 

[hackteck]

creature from the black lagoon? lol j/k

 

[alLexX]

a brittle star maybe?

 

[Dary421]

Whoa,..... Whatever it is, it looks menacing... I hope somebody can ID it

 

[Buffy]

Black lagoon LOL. My water is black right from putting black sand in and yeah it looks menacing.

 

[Sarcothelia]

I'd get rid of it to be honest. Looks scary.

 

[Dary421]

I'd get rid of it to be honest. Looks scary.

Ok,...you grab it...( lol)

 

[Sarcothelia]

Pass. lol

 

[Buffy]

Great guys, you won't grab it but you want ME to??????? I'm scared poopless to touch stuff. I know I know don't ask why I want to do a sw tank then. LOL

I hope someone tells me what it is and if it's safe. If it's not safe then I hope someone tells me how to get rid of it WITHOUT touching it.

I'll set the rock aside that it is on, til I know what to do with it. Matter of fact, I think I'll take the rock out and "QT" back in the bucket it was in while it waited to go home to DT .

 

[ocean]

I wouldn't touch that with a ten foot pole!!! (Shiver) lol

 

[Greenmaster]

I would put some food in the bucket and watch for it... if the thing comes out and is waving in the air it is probably a brittle star... if it doesn't come out then I would watch it at night so I could get a better idea of what it is.

 

[carey]

I'd get a stick and get it out of there. Doesnt look like anything i'd want in my tank

 

[Buffy]

Well, jeez I knew I would need gloves but sooooo soon LOL. What do they eat so I can draw it out? I have some packaged flake stuff that came with my filter or something but otherwise I haven't bought any food. Didn't think I'd need it so soon.

 

[Buffy]

Great, I can't find the little bugger now. I hope it didn't get into my DT for the 15 minutes or so I had the rock in there for. I looked up Brittle Star and there is a red one that had legs that looked like it HOWEVER their legs were in need of a shave and this one doesn't, it reminded me of a worm kinda. Only part I saw was what was in the picture and now I can't find that.

 

[Greenmaster]

Feed the flake to the bucket and see if you get any movement.

 

[Buffy]

Feed the flake to the bucket and see if you get any movement.

okie dokie Thanks

 

[Buffy]

OOhh yummy, it has freeze-dried shimp lol. Kinda feel stupid feeding a rubbermaid bucket LOL.

 

[joy13]

Check out this page Worm Hitch Hikers then research it.

 

[Buffy]

Check out this page Worm Hitch Hikers then research it.

Thanks, I skimmed over it. Lot of info there and it does kinda look like one of the pictures I think

 

[Buffy]

K the thing is still hiding again. If it comes out again, just take a stick and dig it out? Won't it break and regrow?