Worrying Over Brittle!

Yeah, the LFS will take them.
Are these mini brittles or full sized serpent brittles?

 

You shouldn't have to spot feed Spike, mine darts out from his perching spot to capture food with no problem, they're extremely fast and feed much like Hawkfish.The lfs where I got mine has them often and labels them Pygmy Hawk, I've seen them called this on some vendor websites also.

 

i have one and it stays in its rock. a lot of my fish go by it all the time never once had a problem... thought i did one time but the fish was in my plumbing ,after tearing it apart to save him (he was alive) i stopped blaming the star lol
also i never target feed ,but i do drop a silverside in once a week to fed my scavengers he joins in

 

I wouldn't worry too much, I have a large green brittle star(thought to be fish hunters) that wouldn't hurt a fly.

 

yeah they say when the green ones get big they might eat fish but most healthy fish ae too fast

 

He's still really shy and won't come out to eat, so I'm spot feeding him. I'm hoping soon I won't need to. It sure makes feeding time more involved and time-consuming! He's starting to catch on that when I come over and the other fish start going crazy it's time to eat, so he comes to the front of the tank, but he still won't come up to eat. He still isn't even brave enough to come off the bottom of the tank at all during the day.

 

How can I tell if they are mini or full sized?

 

I just got a farily decent sized brittle (blackish brown) that I just put in my tank today. I would think that most healthy fish would be too fast for it.

 

Ahhhhh they are so creepy, why would you go buy one?!?!

I'm just teasing you. Congrats on your buy!!

 

They are creepy. Especially when they crawl on your hand.

I got one becuase they are good at cleaning up excess food and detritus Good scavengers. I will be very shocked if he eats a fish in my tank - unless that fish is dying. I wouldn't worry too much.