i couldn't get pic, because this guy is teeny & went into a crevise
he has 5 tentacles/legs & is white.....it did not move quickly, more slowly.....fully extended he was probably about the size around as a pea....looked like he had a disk area, maybe the size of pencil lead.....oh!...he was kinda walking/scooting with his tentacle/legs
a starfish, yes?.....probably a brittle star or serpeant star?
Reaching my 70th BD, I realize that I cannot help but grow old. However, I refuse to grow up!!! My wife would tell you, "He may be 70 but, He's going on 17". Life is wonderful with a woman like that.
looks like an albino brittle or serpent star. me personally, i like these crtters in my sandbed. they come out at nite and scanvage for left over food in the tank
It isn't albino to my knowledge, just their natural color.
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Reaching my 70th BD, I realize that I cannot help but grow old. However, I refuse to grow up!!! My wife would tell you, "He may be 70 but, He's going on 17". Life is wonderful with a woman like that.
The plastic cap in the picture above only measires 2 1/2" across so the star is pretty small. That is full grown and Gwen is right they breed in our tanks. In fact I wish I had some. My tank is relatively new and I haven't found any of these stars. The LR and LS apparently didn't contain any.
Be happy their cool.
Dick
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Reaching my 70th BD, I realize that I cannot help but grow old. However, I refuse to grow up!!! My wife would tell you, "He may be 70 but, He's going on 17". Life is wonderful with a woman like that.
I haven't seen any like that but I have a bunch of the ones that are more star shaped. They crawl all over everything and seem to have some ability to camouflage themselves.
I would have to say they are very hard to see. I try and focus on a small area of my tank- say about 2" by 2"- maybe even less and I try to find as much life as I can in the square and usually those are the times that I will see things I've never seen before. Recently discovered a hairy "polyp munchin" crab which is kinda cool and I'm not sure what to do with him. For now, he stays.
Indo-PacificSea Farms even sells them along with a bunch of other beneficial critters. Although I'm not sure if they are still in business, their web site seems to be a little bit broken right now.
there is no need to buy any, if you look hard enough they are there. i did not know how many until i was dipping a rock for flatworms...after you know what you are looking for, you see them everywhere, especially where there are hiding spots. i find them even in my fish only tanks.
dreams, sorry for the scare. i thought the size of the star in that bottlecap was obvious, i also took it for granted that you understood i meant it wasn't really gonna grow, just multiply. but i would have loved to see your face after reading my reply. lol.
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