Little bristly tenatacly thing. Can someone help ID?

absowry · Mar 24, 2019

Had this for a while in a (hammer I think) skeleton. When I feed shrimp/Duncan it sweeps out and swings around. Any ideas?

kchristensen8064 · Mar 24, 2019

It's an arm from a brittle star. Good member of the clean up crew!

absowry · Mar 25, 2019

I have yet to see more than two tentacles from it. It absolutely will not come out of that skeleton. Glad it's something good!

kchristensen8064 · Mar 25, 2019

absowry said:
I have yet to see more than two tentacles from it. It absolutely will not come out of that skeleton. Glad it's something good!

Yeah that's about the most you ever see of them! I have a ton of them and only occasionally see an arm sticking out here and there.

absowry · Mar 25, 2019

kchristensen8064 said:
Yeah that's about the most you ever see of them! I have a ton of them and only occasionally see an arm sticking out here and there.

It's really crazy. Every day or two I see something new. Last night, it was an Asterina star fish. Who knows what it will be tonight!

kchristensen8064 · Mar 25, 2019

absowry said:
It's really crazy. Every day or two I see something new. Last night, it was an Asterina star fish. Who knows what it will be tonight!

That never stops. LOL, my current tank has been running for over a year now and I still discover new stuff every time I get to looking around! Crazy how much life we can find in these little ecosystems of ours!