Fancy Brittle Starfish

[Seafrmer]

Hello,

I finally found my fancy brittle star. I had only seen three inches of his legs. (Arms)

I knew he was bigger, but he was just teasing me.

From tip of arm to tip of arm, is two feet, (24 inches)

This sucker is huge!!!!

He has a light grey colored body, (with pink markings at each arm joint)

He is huge!!!

So, here is my question: I have an 180 gallon tank, and although I am not too worried about thestar eating anything, but there is a risk, and that plus, he is soo cool looking, but I could never find him before, just his legs.

Should I put him back into my tank, or should I put him into a small tank, or give him away or back to the lfs???


bill

[zhenya]

Bill,

How long have you had the star in your tank? If you had it for quite some time and it didn't do any harm to anything, then I would just leave it be. I have pretty large black brittle star that is roughly 18-20 inches across and been in my anemone tank for 9 years now. I don;t know what it eats but my guess is it is primarily a scavenger type. I do throw piece of silverside close to the rock it lives under on occasion and it is usually consumed instantly, but main food is mostly the leftovers.