need help with ID

[bassintoo]

got a hitchhiker from my rocks i guess. is this good or bad. looks like a centipede redish brown with white legs, about 2 1/2" long. also got what looks like a little star fish. it is green and almost the size of a dime. sorry for the poor pics. first time posting pics and used my phone to take them.

 

[wysiwyg]

first ones a bristle worm and the second one is a brittle starfish or serpent starfish

 

[bassintoo]

leave them in or get them out?

 

[bassintoo]

just did some looking, guess i need to get rid of the worm. think i will leave the star and see how he does. figure it will be a while before its big enough to do any harm.

 

[ritter6788]

Leave them both. You'll never be able to rid your tank of bristle worms and they are a great part of the clean up crew. The little brittle stars won't get any bigger than they are now. You probably have a ton of those too. Great part of tank life.

 

[wysiwyg]

there both fine as stated above.

 

[Bentonb]

I thought bristle worms ate coral?

 

[robsreefs]

They do but only dead or dieing coral they wont touch it if its healthy

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[AliciaP]

I leave the worms until they are big, and by big I mean, I have one now that comes out to eat when my fish do... when he comes out for food, I see 6 inches of him.... I don't like them that big. And the star, I wish I had them! Mini brittles are another freebie of the cleaner crew.