Green Brittle Star??

[cliffrouse11bas]

Are these good for reef tanks?? They got one at my lfs for like 8 dollars..Im bout to leave to go so someone please respond thanks. I dont want to buy one and get it home and find out the are bad....
Thanks

 

[ophiura]

The green brittlestar Ophiarachna incrassata is a known predator in the wild. It should be, IMO, avoided. While many will never touch a thing (mine, for example), others have been reported to consume a wide variety of items, including small fish, snails, shrimp, etc.
Other species of brittlestars (serpentstars) are not known to be problematic, but there is always a chance that they, too, will eat something.
All should have long acclimations (a few hours at least) and be spot fed.

 

[cliffrouse11bas]

Thanks alot I wont be getting one thennn

 

[nerdy]

I had one a while back and it cleaned the sand on the bottom and scavanged a lot of leftover food. They are extremely interesting to watch eat. Yet every time I put a cleaner or peppermint shrimp in it dissapeared a few days later. I finally got rid of it!