Yikes!! I'm considering getting a brittle star for my tank after I get a Puffer. I figured since all snails/hermits are likely to become Puffer-food a brittle star is my only possible clean-up crew! :headache: :bigeyes2:
black brittle stars that aggressive? i have 1 (9") with a banded serpent star (6") ,fire shrimp n cleaner shrimp for over a year. I've never seen it attack. just sometimes irrate others with its wondering arms.
I have a 6" brittle star too. Though I've never seen it actually killing anything...I've had some chromis and a royal gramma go missing. Woke up and they were gone. Figured my 1" yellow tail damsel couldn't have killed them without leaving a trace so the star must be the culprit. No losses for the last 2 months though. So hopefully my spot feeding it keeps it appeased. Btw I never see it come out even late at night with my flashlight. It just sits under one of my pvs rings with it's legs extended all day. Most boring purchase I've made so far.