brittle stars

[Donmagic22]

recently discovered several brittle stars which must have hiked in with some live rock. Wondering if they are self sustained or if i should feed them... i have successfully fed 3 of them with brine shrimp.. it seems like it must be a feast for them because after 1 they all pull in their tentacles and do nothing for a good while.. just wondering if i should let them be in my tank or try and get rid of them? they are dark and very skinny with small gray bands on their legs

 

[ROB2005]

Naw, don't get rid of them. They make good tank inhabitants. They cruise occasionally at night in the rock looking for bits and pieces of food junk.

 

[saltprincess]

they are great scavengers.

 

[pcsimon]

i have noticed that if i don't regularly feed mine, they hunt my fish and eat them. Anyone else have this problem?

 

[HappySkittles]

if you have a green brittle star get rid of it
they catch fish
all other brittle stars are safe...just that one kind isnt reef safe
they will eat other inverts too

http://www.melevsreef.com/id/crawls.html

the last star is a green brittle star

 

[plateboy3293]

micro stars they are common hitchhikers for live rock mostly you will just see their legs sticking out of holes. They are basically mini brittle stars