Help on another ID

[11f150]

Its really hard to get a good picture of these things cause they only come out when its dark in the room. It seems i have at least 3 sets of these. Looks like theres 4-5 tentacles the come out for each set. someone said it could be a type of starfish but im not sure. thanks

 

[viperbjd]

The stripes make me think it could be a serpent star...

http://reefcleaners.org/components/.../product/116b805d9332d4341d9f91ddffdca438.jpg

 

[11f150]

Heres another one I just took

 

[viperbjd]

The problem is if it's a star where's the body?...

 

[11f150]

Inside the rock i suppose. I have no idea

 

[marcah]

hard to tell from the pic but I am leaning more toward a vermetid snail or digitate hydroid...

 

[Smitty]

Probably just a micro brittle star.

 

[11f150]

Hopefully they are harmless because I have to idea how I would get them out

 

[viperbjd]

If they are a star they are good guys and lots of people have them in their cuc...

 

[Salty B]

+1 Smitty.
Here is a short video I took of micro brittle legs sticking out of the rock.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVRfKWb41GA[/ame]

Here is a pic of the whole star. They would come out to spawn a few times a year. Pretty cool to see.

And in the video you will see lots of pods and mysid shrimp bouncing around....they're good guys too.

 

[11f150]

Ok I'll leave em be since they are good. Pretty sure I have at least 3. Not sure if they will live through the cycle however

 

[stormystormy11]

yep, I have those on a rock also. I've never seen the bodies...just legs. I think they are good guys. Don't try pulling them out!

 

[NanoReefer]

i have tons of micro btittles in my rocks. they do a great job of cleaning detritus

 

[slm32123]

I have about 8 micro serpent stars in my nano, I love them they are actually starting to clean up my sandbed at night!