Starfish ID Please

[caspar]

I think it is some type of brittle star I did not buy it it just appeared few days ago is it harmful?

 

[tgray3]

Hard to tell from the pic but it looks like a good one to me. As long as it's not green, those can turn predatory.

 

[caspar]

could this be my muncher on my hammer and if so how can i catch him it is a emerald crab my frogspawn and others seem fine so wandering cuz he sure looks like he is munching on my polyps

 

[acronuts]

It looks like a mini serpent star, I had hundreds in my tank. They would only get about 1/2 inch in diameter, but they seemed like a great clean-up crew.

 

[100%hydrophylic]

i think its just a brittle or serpent star. i dont think its your coral muncher though. ive heard of emeralds munching on corals when they are big and algae is low. your orange zoas in your last pic, do you know if theyr worth anything? i have some exactly like that and i dont see orange zoas very often. (atleast around my area i dont)

 

[caspar]

Dont really know about the zoas not real common round here either, I am wandering what is steadily going on with my hammer as it once was very beautiful and X large but now is only half size, nothing else seems to be getting ate though so dunno?????

 

[100%hydrophylic]

maybe a pic of the hammer would help?

 

[1st timer]

could just be unhappy...mine did same thing. For first 2 months in tank would get good PE seemed to be growing, then all of the sudden wouldn't open up all the way, now it is moved into my 40 with more light and lil more flow seems to be rebounding. It has never been as big as my torch and frogspawn though.
You might try moving it just a couple inches over or up/down for abit see how it reacts.

 

[caspar]

try and see if you can tell on this one i will try to get a better angle

 

[caspar]

bump

 

[SMOOTHIE]

Star is fine. How did the heads die off? Slowly "melting" away or a just in a day kinda thing? Others look good, but try feeding the heads something meaty once a week and see if they perk up

 

[caspar]

Smoothie its been kinda slowly dont know what is happening would like to save it if at all possible.......any ideas nothing is happening with any other stuff.......hhmmmmm

 

[caspar]

bump