Unknown small starfish hitchhiker

BobJones02

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I'm found this in the bag with my new cleaner shrimp ImageUploadedByTapatalk1446423904.716424.jpg
 
Micro brittle star. Put him in your tank, he's very good. They stay tiny, and they crawl into tiny gaps and eat gunk. They breed at a reasonable rate, too, so if you have more than one you'll soon have a decent population. Once they start getting larger, you can sometimes see them sitting in crevices with their arms sticking out and waving in the water to grab at any potential food.
 
If you get the chance, get more from your LFS. You can try asking if they'll check under any rocks/frags in their coral tanks, that's usually where micro brittles end up. You want a good population of those, if at all possible.
 
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