baby serpent star?

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  1. stepho

    stepho Panda Puffer

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    Found this little guy cruising in my mantis tank between the back glass and the acrylic.
     
    stepho, Feb 2, 2009
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  2. bc219

    bc219 Millepora

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    After your tank matures you will start to see a lot more, they will stay small like that too. They are good detritus eaters and of course beneficial.
     
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  3. Yellow Tang

    Yellow Tang Bubble Tip Anemone

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    i have those in LR they clean the inside there in all my rocks
     
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  4. baugherb

    baugherb Giant Squid

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    Cool pic...
     
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  5. Peredhil

    Peredhil Giant Squid

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    I have a ton of dwarf brittle stars. They're all white with a grey center. This thing looks brown and striped. My 2 cents.

     
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  6. =Jwin=

    =Jwin= Tassled File Fish

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    Apparently Mandarins sometimes eat those little guys :loco: Just puttin that out there. ;D

    We have 3 known little dudes running around. Well, we haven't seen them recently after seeing our Coral Beauty nip at one's leg after we put her in the tank. Those legs can reginerate, but the actual stars can't. She probably got them. My big Harlequin Serpent star is missing too...he's either holed up somewhere or dead. Our CUC is so good we'd never know what happened to him. This is a depressing post I'm putting up isn't it? Muahahahahaha
     
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  7. Arcain41

    Arcain41 Coral Banded Shrimp

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    We have a ton of them too. It freaked us out at first but all our fellow 3 reefers put my mind at ease. Congrats on the spawn man!!
     
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  8. livypie

    livypie Plankton

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    Im sooo happy I just saw this picture! I have one but it is 6 inches in diameter and have no idea how he got in my tank and he freaked me out! Ive spent all day trying to figure out what it is!
     
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  9. livypie

    livypie Plankton

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    I have something that looks just like that.I found it in my tank last night and have no clue how it got there and its about 6 inches in diameter!
     
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  10. sostoudt

    sostoudt Giant Squid

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    it may be a baby brittle star, ive seen the dwarf ones before but there legs aren't nearly that thick
     
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