Need help ID'ing a critter found in tank....

Beautiful, complex and discussed here. The marine fish and reef section.
Post Reply
User avatar
El Scorpio
Fahaka Puffer
Posts: 534
Joined: Sun Sep 19, 2010 12:11 pm
Gender: Male
My Puffers: none, at the moment...
Location (country): Louisville, KY.

Need help ID'ing a critter found in tank....

Post by El Scorpio »

Found this thing crawling around everything last night after I got home about 5 in the morning. It looks like a starfish. Does anyone know what this thing is and wheter or not it's going to be a problem in my tank?

Picture quality isn't exactly stellar, but hopefully it's enough for an ID.
You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.
User avatar
sevenyearnight
Former Staff Member
Posts: 1894
Joined: Wed Aug 31, 2011 2:41 am
Gender: Female
My Puffers: T. nigroviridis
Balki Bartokomous
Location (country): USA
Location: South Carolina

Re: Need help ID'ing a critter found in tank....

Post by sevenyearnight »

Brittle star?
Image
User avatar
J-P
Former Staff Member
Posts: 5626
Joined: Tue Oct 13, 2009 12:21 am
Gender: Male
Location (country): Japan
Location: Sasebo, Nagasaki, Japan

Re: Need help ID'ing a critter found in tank....

Post by J-P »

yea... I was going to say the same thing :)
if you follow me, you avoid stepping in the crap that I just did...

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZR55G ... pqlgec1A2Q
User avatar
geronimo69
Green Spotted Puffer
Posts: 297
Joined: Mon Sep 13, 2010 2:18 pm
Gender: Male
My Puffers: Fahaka Puffer "tetraodon lineatus"
Location (country): Canada

Re: Need help ID'ing a critter found in tank....

Post by geronimo69 »

Ophiocoma erinaceus??

Check this website out, it will help you identify. I also believe it's a type of brittle star. Good for your tank.

http://www.chucksaddiction.com/hitchstars.html
"Don't tell fish stories where the people know you; but particularly, don't tell them where they know the fish."
Mark Twain
"Fish recognize a bad leader."
Conan O'Brien
Post Reply