Micro Brittle stars

Triggreef · May 14, 2016

Anyone have micro brittle stars they can spare? I can get them at the meeting Sunday, happy to trade a frag for them.

I've always had them but not seeing them in any of my tanks or sumps anymore. I'd like to get a good population going again.

DarkTang · May 14, 2016

Why Dave? Harlequin?

Triggreef · May 14, 2016

He possibly ate them from my display but I should still have them in my sump, frag tank etc. They're good cleaners I just like having them around.

Roboson · May 14, 2016

I never get any microbrittles. If someone wanted to sell a pack of their extra, I would probably buy some.

Collinslice · May 15, 2016

Triggreef said:
He possibly ate them from my display but I should still have them in my sump, frag tank etc. They're good cleaners I just like having them around.

I'll try to snag you some while I'm dipping corals today

LeslieP · May 15, 2016

I can probably grab some from my tank - it isn't easy as they bury themselves into the little crevices in the rock. But I'm not going to make it to the meeting.

Collinslice · May 15, 2016

LeslieP said:
I can probably grab some from my tank - it isn't easy as they bury themselves into the little crevices in the rock. But I'm not going to make it to the meeting.

I just texted him the same thing haha. Who has some tips for grabbing a few???

LeslieP · May 15, 2016

LOL. Every once in a while when I'm mucking about in the tank, some signal must go out and they all come out. I have no idea what triggers it and it doesn't happen often. I suppose the best I can do is to grab them when I see them and toss them in the sump where there are less places to hide.

Where was everyone last year when I had billions of them? I don't have as many but they are definitely around.

Triggreef · May 15, 2016

Lol they do come out by the boatload sometimes. When I used to have them, every now and then they would congregate at the top off my macro algae in the sump.

If you pluck one off I'm sure they will last for a long time in nothing more that a top o ware container with some algae.

I just kept a gorilla crab like that for almost 2 months to save for puffer food.