I've had Star Fish all along :/

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  1. fischkid2

    fischkid2 Dirty Filter Sock

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    So its midnight here and all the lights are off in my tank which is when i like to go snooping around with a flash light to observe the night life of my tank (I wish I had a night life :p). So im peeking around and i find myself in a trance watching this one spot on a rock and then i snap out of it and i notice what im looking at is a tiny little star fish of some kind. its total size cant be much larger than a penny (include tentacles extended). So that was pretty cool! So i keep looking around for other cool things and i find like 5 more of these tiny little star fish! I must have had these guys for at least 2 years as that was the last time i added any kind of new rock. Anywho, so thats that i tried snapping a pic but they are just so small and blend in so well that even my 11meg pix cam cant pick it up well. They are black and white with white stripes (or maybe there'er black stripes:p) very skinny tentacles and are just super small.

    Pretty cool!
     
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  3. fischkid2

    fischkid2 Dirty Filter Sock

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    micro brittle stars! thanks google!
     
  4. steve wright

    steve wright Super Moderator

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    good thing to have fishkid2
    great scavengers that can get into the smallest places on your rock work

    Steve
     
  5. tank1970

    tank1970 Bubble Tip Anemone

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    Love looking at the tank at night - so much going on.
    I have spotted 2 brittel stars 2 Stomatella - lots of mysis shrimp and lots of tube worms and other things I still can't fine names for.
     
  6. 2in10

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    Congrats on the find