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Starfish??? ID...

Klems

Klems

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I have these very skinny legged starfish? In one of my tanks....are they OK to keep or should I remove them ASAP?

Legs are skinny like thin pieces of thread..

TIA
Ken
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Brittle star. I had two in a previous reef as part of my clean up crew and they posed no problem aside eating a sleeping chromis or cardinalfish. Not the feared green serpent star.
 
+1 on spaghetti worm.
Good for eating detritus.
But if you see a lot of them, it indicates you may be feeding too heavily.
 
Ibn said:
Not brittle stars. Those are spaghetti worms.
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Are you sure? My spaghetti worms are orange. Also, in one picture it looks like it's got a center disc with 5 legs coming out from it.

@Klems, are you able to get a better picture? Maybe pull one out and put it in a cup or something.
 
Flagg37 said:
Are you sure? My spaghetti worms are orange. Also, in one picture it looks like it's got a center disc with 5 legs coming out from it.

@Klems, are you able to get a better picture? Maybe pull one out and put it in a cup or something.
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Yep, pretty sure that's what it is. There's quite a few number of spaghetti worms out there and I've seen them in different coloration of tentacles. Mini and micro star legs looks quite different.
 
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