Green Brittle Star

[Wingin It]

Have a couple of these giant green brittle stars...what do you think?

[whatcaneyedo]

You mean like mine? They get big and will catch and eat any small fish you keep with them. Looking at your list, I think that would be most of them.

(brittle star is in the bottom of an IO bucket for size reference)

[Duffer2]

wow. That's massive.

[Spiny]

Originally Posted by whatcaneyedo

You mean like mine? They get big and will catch and eat any small fish you keep with them. Looking at your list, I think that would be most of them.

(brittle star is in the bottom of an IO bucket for size reference)

Huge! What fishes did you lose to that monster?

[whatcaneyedo]

Originally Posted by Spiny

Huge! What fishes did you lose to that monster?

I never kept any small fish with it when it was in my display tank so I didn't have any problems. Now it lives in my sump so that I don't have to worry about what it could potentially catch. However I still have a 2' snowflake eel so I still don't keep anything under 3".

[trinac]

I think they are about as nice looking as a bristleworm (gross!). Having said that, I know some people think bristleworms are cool.

Get a nice, pretty Linckia instead! haha

[whatcaneyedo]

Originally Posted by trinac

Get a nice, pretty Linckia instead! haha

Linckia are a pretty poor choice as their true diet is unknown and they generally starve to death in home aquarium. A smaller variety of brittle star might be a better idea.

Echinoderms in Aquaria
by Shimek, Ronald L.
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-12/rs/index.php

[4lti7ude]

Originally Posted by trinac

I think they are about as nice looking as a bristleworm (gross!). Having said that, I know some people think bristleworms are cool.

Exactly why I dont like brittle stars.
They remind me of bristleworms.. Creeeepy.