Is this a starfish, how did I get it? Lol

[Mina1227]

I found this in my tank this morning. I have sand stiffing starfish and a tiny start fish that came with my liverock. Can anyone relate to this?

 

[Reef Junky]

Looks to be a baby brittle sea star.

 

[Sugar Magnolia]

It's a micro brittle star. Common hitchhiker.

 

[Calappidae]

Microbrittle, They hitchhike on live rock, Beneifical scavengers.

 

[EllieSuz]

These little brittle stars are not babies. This is as big as they get. They're a good addition to your clean up crew. Now and then I'll have one that gets caught in the flow and goes zinging around the tank, helpless to do anything about it. Cracks me up every time.

 

[Betta132]

Every now and then a microbrittle gets to a bit longer than 2" across, but that's about it and those are the giants. Those guys will hide in a hole and wave its arms around, looking like a little cluster of tentacles.

 

[Calappidae]

My brittle that hitchhiked got 6 inches in diameter

 

[Betta132]

That could have been something other than a microbrittle. Did it have the bands on its arms?