ID of a new Hitchhiker PLEASE?

[alimon]

I just came back from a trip and this guy is there. Please let me know what is it and how to take care of it.
Thanks

 

[devilboy]

wow that is called a basket starfish..... all i know is they are very hard to care for

 

[jacknjill]

i agree, looks like some kind of basket star.

 

[devilboy]

this was all i could find out about it:
Colors vary greatly on these beauties of the sea. They hide within recesses of the reef by day, but emerge at night and spread out their baskets, like arms to filter plankton from the water. Like all star fish, it is very intolerant of sudden changes in temperature, oxygen levels, salinity and pH of the water, and cannot tolerate copper-based medications

 

[dfrick23]

That is cool! never seen one of those. Good luck with him.

 

[devilboy]

from my understanding what i have heard ppl saying about them is that they tend to not live very long in the home aquariums

 

[alimon]

This guy takes each tentcle to his mouth at the time. Sucks it and do the next one and so on. It really moves all the time. In the picture it has one tentacle in.

 

[dogstar]

Probly a cuke. Neothyonidium magnum .....Typicaly only the mouth is exposed and the body stays buried, neat hitcher.

 

[alimon]

Thanks, I found it in the web.

 

[chefrd38]

nice