Micro/min Brittle Stars

[Devind]

I have hunted and hunted in my LFS which arent very local at 85 miles away, but cannot find anyone that has these for commercial sale. Can anyone drop me a rope here? I really want some of these fascinating critters, but cant seem to find any at less than 3 bucks each... at that price, ya get a free mugging with every purchase.

anyone able/willing to help me out?

 

[Peter T]

Whew, that is quite a distance for a local store!

I would suggest to find local reefers, local reef clubs, or check craigslist for people selling LR and PM them to see if they are willing to sell/trade you some LR with micro brittle stars in them. If you know anyone who keeps a fuge, you may find quite a few of them in the chaeto as well.

If you buy the LR for the stars, it may get pricey.

Hope that gives you some ideas and good luck.

 

[C0rp]

Buy them from Indo Pacific Sea Farms. That's what I did to seed my DSB and they have reproduced quickly.

 

[bobbychullo]

yea, i think if you only buy a few, they should reproduce fairly quickly if your tank is in good shape.

i started with 2 or three. i have too many to count at this point. i see little babies all the time.

 

[Devind]

Thanks for the input so far. I have not much luck finding folks near me doing anything similar. i have one person willing to send me some, but i have a question that is important...is there a way to force them off of live rock without killing them?

 

[Devind]

btw if anyone has an abundance of these they'd be willing to ship, i'd happily pay shipping. Im relatively new, so i dont have much cool to trade yet, but im working on it.

devind@ptsi.net

I was very serious about the shipping part. Im looking to collect a few of these and become a supplier for a couple LFS...they cant get em either, and offered to buy any i'd sell them.

 

[bobbychullo]

$3 - $4 is nothing in this hobby. The amount you are going to pay for shipping these overnight is gonna cost you more than buying a few at $3 a pop.

seriously. I've bought nudibranchs at $10 - $15 a piece that were guaranteed to die as soon as they ate all the aiptasia in my tank.

some people pay $2000+ for one fish if it's rare enough.

buy them locally. buy 3 or 4 and thats it. $12-$16. i spend that in one week just buying food and supplements...

 

[meenamjah]

geez.. you'd buy these? I had hundreds of them infesting my tank

 

[C0rp]

Many people start with dry rock and don't get the usual hitchikers, so they need to seed the tank with critters.

 

[ColaAddict]

Meenamjah, where are you at? maybe I could get some off your hand if you are anywhere in IL.

 

[Jmnazari]

I've found them to be more common in thinner chaeto and not so much the thicker. Not sure why though. I average 5-10 of those little guys per chaeto batch. Hope this helps