ophiuroids

Rodney7316

Who knows, tell me how brittle stars reproduce. I'm asking because besides the two large ones that have been with me for over a year, I have some very small ones now. Do they survive?

Eric5208

What kind of brittle stars do you have? What about the small white ones? Around 1-1.5 cm with arms?

Jeremy3637

Yes, they appeared not long ago.

Jessica5016

If they are small and white or gray, then it's a different species. I also have a large brittle star that looks like a spider. Here is a photo in message 72: As far as I know, they reproduce by division.

Tanner

I just don't understand where this species came from; nothing new has been added to the aquarium for at least six months.

Kevin

Large and small are absolutely different; small ones are brought in with stones, corals, and so on, while large ones are purchased. Small white ones will remain small; they don't grow much. They came from the stones, grew, and were originally live rocks, just very small, etc. I also have a lot of them coming out at night now, but for six months I didn't notice them, just 1-2 pieces.

Brian7092

I understand, thank you all.

Hannah

They could have been around earlier, just not seen.

Daniel4967

I hardly spend hours in front of the aquarium with magnifying glasses of different calibers.

Brent8919

To put it simply, these are not the young of large brittle stars; they are a separate species of dwarf brittle stars (snake tails). They come to us with live rock and reproduce quite well in our aquariums, unlike the large brittle stars. Read more here.

Ryan1989

Question for experts—who in the M.A. (marine aquarium), besides Arothron hispidus - Short nose (White-spotted) puffer, feeds on small brittle stars? My aquarium rocks are covered with piles of these creatures, it's time to do something about them. A year and a half ago, I saw the first couple of them—I was very happy, but now I don't know what to do with them?

Ryan

It's a bit unclear what a "змеефостка" is. If it's a white-colored ophiuroidea up to a few centimeters in diameter, my helmon eats it. If it's a large snake tail, a regular ophiuroidea, then it's easier for you to catch them by hand and sell them—I think people would buy them with pleasure.

Kimberly3727

If you want to reduce the quantity, I can buy a handful or exchange it for something.

Spencer7805

I have small white brittle stars measuring 0.5-1.5 cm. My Helmon lived for 1.5 years—I didn't notice him eating them, but after his tragic death, the brittle stars became bold and stopped hiding. The tragic death of the fish occurred while I was away. First, a blue-tentacled anemone died (I don't know the exact name; it housed ocellaris clownfish). My wife threw it away—didn't inform me and didn't add any charcoal to the aquarium. By morning, there were 7 dead bodies—Helmon, Pseudocromis fridmani, a foxface, 2 Chromis viridis, and 2 cardinalfish. I found out after 10 days—I almost had a heart attack; half of the fish had died.

Devon107

I can catch some. Write to me privately about how to contact you, maybe there will be something else to exchange.

Michael826

I sent a message in private.

Julie4738

The little fox eagerly eats small brittle stars.

John3335

I have a Bodianus mesothorax that happily picks them out from the rocks.

Luis3725

I'm not getting eaten, and that makes me happy, although all the stones hide during the day after the lights go out with those white brittle stars. The 2222 wrasse (I don't remember which one) ate a lot of them instead of planarians.

Emily3506

Ophiuroids die from Levamisole. Both small and large.

Michele9664

It's still interesting to find out how brittle stars reproduce (not starlets). One adult brittle star was purchased for the aquarium, and a few days later, three very small brittle stars were discovered in the aquarium (after a month, I was able to identify them accurately). At first, only the arms were sticking out of the live rock, but recently I saw a tiny replica of a brittle star completely emerged from the live rock (not a starlet, which are also in the tank). By the way, the other day one of the starlets split in half (that's how they reproduce), but I haven't found any information on how brittle stars reproduce yet.