How long have you gone without seeing your brittle star?

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Originally Posted by ophiura
One of the feeding strategies employed by several species of brittlestars is filter feeding, which IMO the one shown does do. So you are correct

Thanks for the input Oph....do you suppose they can trap moving orgaisms such as small pods at all by utilizing this? As I stated, i really only see them do this "curling" at night...

 

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i had a vry large black brittle star in my reef for well over a yr i kept it a total of 3 yrs but moved it to my reef for its safety it was a good 12 inches across (leg span) the body was over an inch wide.once he entered my reef i hardly ever seen it i was lucky to catch a glimps of a tenticle every couple of months. he was fed large silverslides when ever i could find him.i removed him due to new arrivals hiding in his vacinity came up missing.once i removed him from my reef my fish stopped vanishing (he was eating them)