Brittle Star= Snake

[Reef Guy]

hmm I have a pretty large brittle start, a lot bigger than my hand. Now I have not fed this brittle star in months, so today i got home from the petstore with those frozen little fish. I drop a few in the tank the starfish dashes towards the fish then swallows it whole. His "head" then doubled in size and looks like a big fish is in it....is this normal?

 

[ctxmonitor]

yup, thats normal. They head, or skin in the center expend as it take up the shape of the fish/food it swallow whole. Don't worry, it will eat it in a couple of hours.

 

[inkblue]

Kinda scary... i have two simiLar ones... waNt mine? take 'em... they freak me out :sgrin:

 

[drunktank]

the center of a starfish or bristle star is basically just one big stomach, so when they eat, they expand

 

[DEEPWATER]

but they are not reef safe ,,,are they?
i think the only star that are really reef safe are linkia stars ,

 

[michael stern]

Kinda scary... i have two simiLar ones... waNt mine? take 'em... they freak me out :sgrin:

I don't know when I'll next be in Brooklyn, but I'd take them.

 

[pecan2phat]

I gave my brittle star to the LFS after I watched it eat my $60 Solomon Island True Percula :dead1:

 

[romain]

Will brittle star eat a condy anemone? My condy disappeared two weeks ago...

 

[nanoreefer22]

but they are not reef safe ,,,are they?
i think the only star that are really reef safe are linkia stars ,

I've got a serpant star Doesnt bother a thing...hes always fat and I dont know what hes eating. Really nice for cleaning up behind rocks for food that gets lost in feeding